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1325.02 Accessory Uses iii. Ground -mounted solar energy systems shall not be visible from the nearest edge of the right-of-way. Proposed systems that would be visible from the nearest edge of the street frontage right-of-way or immediately adjacent residential properties shall be screened to the extent possible without reducing their efficiency. Screening may include walls, fences or landscaping. c. All solar energy systems using a reflector to enhance solar production shall minimize glare from the reflector affecting adjacent or nearby properties. 4. Coverage. Solar energy systems are subject to lot coverage and impervious surface requirements of the underlying zoning district. a. Roof -mounted solar energy systems -shall be subject to the Building Code to ensure the system meets the wind load standards for the roof and to ensure ready roof access in the event of a fire or other safety occurrence whereby roof access is needed. b. The surface area of ground -or pole -mounted systems shall be factored as part of the maximum lot coverage by structure and shall not exceed the regulations of the underlying zoning district. c. The surface area of ground- or pole- mounted systems shall be treated as impervious coverage as regulated for each zoning district. If the soil under the panel array(s) contains vegetative ground cover, the Zoning Administrator may consider allowing additional impervious coverage. Allowed impervious coverage may be increased by up to ten percent above maximum lot coverage for the zoning district provided 100 percent of the excess is accounted for by an approved ground- or pole -mounted solar energy system: d. Ground- or pole -mounted systems shall be counted as an accessory structure. 5. Plan Approvals. All solar energy systems shall require the issuance of a building permit. a. Applications that meet the requirements of this policy shall be granted zoning approval by the Zoning Administrator. Plan approval by the Zoning Department does not indicate compliance with Building Code or Electric Code. b. A building permit application for a solar energy system shall be accompanied by scaled horizontal and vertical elevation drawings. The drawings must show the location of the system on the building, or on the property for a ground- or pole -mounted system, including the property lines. 1. For all roof -mounted systems other than a flat roof the elevation drawings shall show the highest finished slope of the solar collector and the slope of the finished roof surface on which it is mounted. 2. For flat -roof applications a drawing shall be submitted showing the distance to the roof edge and any parapets on the building and shall identify the height of the building on the street frontage side, the shortest distance of the system from the street frontage edge of the building, and the highest finished height of the solar collector above the finished surface of the roof. 5