Title/Name/Summary
Solar Energy System Installation - ECT Review
History
The purpose of this petition is to install a 4.9 kW Solar Energy System installation on the rooftop of a single family home in the Veritas subdivision (R-3 zoning) at 7701 W. 157th Place. The petitioner proposes to install a solar energy system (SES) on the southern half of his single family home’s rooftop. Section 6-314 Environmental Technology Standards of the Land Development Code enables residents and businesses to propose various renewable energy systems for their properties. This is the first project of its kind in the Village under the new regulations.
The petitioner is proposing to install twenty-one (21) photovoltaic (PV) solar panels as a single array on the south half of his single family home’s rooftop. Each Sharp Solar Module solar panel will provide 235 watts of power and they will be positioned on a 30 degree pitched rooftop. No changes are proposed to the actual building elevations. The solar panels will be located on the southern rooftop. Detention areas are located immediately adjacent to the south of the subject site across from which are R-4 multi-family buildings.
Section 6-314 requires that the petitioner seeking a permit for a renewable energy or environmental clean technology system first obtain an Environmental Clean Technology (ECT) review.
Plan Commission
On March 22, 2011 the Plan Commission moved 6-0 to recommend to the Village Board of Trustees to approve the proposed elevation drawings titled “4.9 kW Solar Project”, prepared by Good Electric Inc., dated Feb. 16, 2011, sheets A and 1 of 1, for an environmental clean technology at 7701 W. 157th Place, subject to the following conditions:
1. That all building code related items are met;
2. That all building permits are obtained prior to construction;
3. That all utility conduits and systems related to the solar energy system not be visible from the street and from neighboring residential properties;
Development Services and Planning Committee
On April 18, 2011 the Development Services and Planning Committee moved 3-0 to recommend to the Village Board of Trustees to approve an Environmental/ Clean Technology, a 4.9 kW solar energy system, for the property at 7701 W. 157th Place as indicated in the attached fully referenced motion.
Financial Impact
There is no immediate financial impact to the Village. In the long term, renewable energy technologies will improve the financial well-being of residents and businesses in the community by lowering their energy costs and improving the environment.
Recommended Action/Motion
I move to approve an Environmental/ Clean Technology, a 4.9 kW solar energy system, for the property at 7701 W. 157th Place as indicated in the attached fully referenced motion.
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I move to approve the proposed elevation drawings titled “4.9 kW Solar Project”, prepared by Good Electric Inc., dated Feb. 16, 2011, sheets A and 1 of 1, for an environmental clean technology at 7701 W. 157th Place, subject to the following conditions:
1. That all building code related items are met;
2. That all building permits are obtained prior to construction;
3. That all utility conduits and systems related to the solar energy system not be visible from the street and from neighboring residential properties;