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with the system to the surrounding ~ropT es• <br />I Qr <br />This change will allow staff to review each proposal on a case by case basis and not automatically prohibit certain types <br />of solar energy systems and will allow staff to take into account individual circumstances. <br />Please let me know if you have any questions. <br />Pat <br />Patrick Trudgeon, AICP <br />City of Roseville <br />Community Development Director <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br />(651) 792-7071 <br />(651) 792-7070 (fax) <br />mat trudgeonCc~ci.roseville.mn.us <br />wvwv.ci.roseville.mn.us <br />_J __. ~~.~------__-._r__..----.._ _ _.._.__ _ -_ -------- <br />From: Weum, Susan (MPAU) [mailto:susan.weum@smiths-medical.com] <br />Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 1:27 PM <br />To: *RVCouncil <br />Subject: Solar permitting and Resolution <br />Dear Mayor Klausing and Honorable Members of Roseville City Council, <br />I am grateful that Roseville is finding a way to allow solar systems without waiting for the zoning ordinance updates! The <br />proposed Resolution regarding solar installations is much appreciated, and does make the letter I wrote to City Council <br />Members on April 15th lag quite a bit behind your accomplishments. With one exception (which might apply to our <br />proposed system) the Resolution looks wonderful to me. <br />Section C.2 speaks to systems which are "visible from the nearest edge of the street frontage right-of-way" and requires <br />that these systems have a pitch that roughly matches the roof and is no higher than 10 inches above the roof. The <br />visibility of our proposed system from the street will be v r minimal at most-I'm doubtful the panels will be visible unless <br />someone is really looking as they will be set back from the South edge of our roof by a few feet-only a small corner of <br />one or two panels might be seen. I hope they will meet the intent of the Resolution. Because the roofline of our addition <br />runs North-South, those panels on the addition would be tilted to face south and would not match the roof line of our <br />addition within 5%. You can see a photo of what a tilted panel looks like on the 2nd photo from the top at <br />http~//www powerfullygreen.com/projects (Powerfully Green is the solar installer we've chosen). The furthest left panel in <br />the photo is tilted to face south along the long edge; ours would be tilted to face south along the short edge, which would <br />raise one corner about 2 feet above the roof of the addition. The addition roof is lower than our main roof. No panels will <br />be seen above our main roof. <br />One other comment is that the requirement for `matching the slope of the roof & no higher than 10 inches above the roof' <br />and 'systems with a pitch more than five percent greater than the roof pitch are not allowed' would effectively eliminate <br />most roof-mounted solar thermal installations. Solar thermal panels require a fairly steep angle for effective collection. <br />Even if mounted on the roof in the rear of the house they are usually visible from the street. Good photos of this are here: <br />http~//ips-solar com/recentproiects.html 2nd here http~//ips-solar com/PGResidential.html .This is not an issue for our <br />proposed installation but it certainly is for two of our neighbors who already have solar thermal installations and one of our <br />neighbors who wants to add a system for solar thermal in the future. It also doesn't appear to apply in other area <br />communities where these solar thermal systems are located. Though I fully realize Roseville does not need to conform to <br />what other cities do, wouldn't it be nice to encourage solar as much as our neighboring communities do? Is it possible <br />that those few sentences could be reviewed? <br />
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