Yorktown's Solar Law Being Tweaked | Yorktown, NY News TAPinto - TAPinto.net

YORKTOWN, N.Y. – In 2020, a law regulating ground-mounted solar structures was approved by the Town Board. If the ensuing slew of proposals was any indication, the law worked to encourage these types of developments—perhaps a little too well.

Elected officials have now gone back to the drawing board to tweak a law that has resulted in more than a half-dozen solar proposals, most of which are currently being reviewed by the town’s Planning Board.

The changes were revealed at the Town Board’s work session on Tuesday, Jan. 11:

• Require annual inspections for large-scale solar power systems to ensure compliance in regard to landscaping, screening, buffering and more. The report would be sent to the town engineer’s office for review.

• The Planning Board shall require a bond to cover the cost of the system’s decommissioning (changed from may).

• Large-scale systems in residential areas must be set back at least 100 feet from the property line (increased from 50 feet).

• At least 5 acres of land is required to build a large-scale system in a residential area (increased from 2 acres).

• At least 2 acres of land is required to build a smaller-scale system in a residential area (increased from 1 acre).

• Residential ground-mounted solar systems can only be 10 feet high (reduced from 15 feet).

Once the law is ready, the Town Board is expected to have the town’s other advisory boards and governing bodies take a close look and suggest any alterations. Then it would be subject to a public hearing.

source: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/yorktown/sections/government/articles/yorktown-s-solar-law-being-tweaked

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