Ordinance 15-06b#
ORDINANCE NO. 15-06
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TITLE I 10 OF THE EASTVALE MUNICIPAL
TO PERMITTING PROCEDURES FOR SMALL RESIDENTIAL
SOLAR ENERUY SYSTEMS
s set forth in uoveijuijem Code Secduj, :( it is the policy ofthe SwLe
f CalituilliU that Mr.211 UgMICieb C11CUMQU the illbtffllatiUll Ot solar C101gyy5t ails by ieinuviiig
obstacles to, and minimizingthe cu:& of, pennitti,ig such e11 i st ms; aud
WHEREAS, as 3ut t in UUVEtsisiXist coUc Section 65950.5(g),
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ut1ji ee on or betura Septe „I be. 30, z015 that 4ib t c. Z itc® UnTl 3tsu IaII4® PULILLittilig
proce33101 3uI ll 1v3;&11t11 LUMUP 3Ular CUICIgy 3y3tCM3; and
e urdinance mu3tsub3tantially conro .... with the mcornmendations set forth
in the C21filULHiM Sol= d ; i ..& , ;.Zj.5ing t cZ. ur a caC Ii3t ul all .Z ;.Z. n 3
t, ;r c—.,,.pl;ed with, re.� fres cities to a,,,,rove e a,.,,Iicationissue e a,,Iiedfor ermits,
and
WHERE.%S. the City nil of the City of•Eastvale finds that it is in the interest f the
health, e e and safety Of L e public to provideexpedited itting process LU UnCUUrUge
effective vel e t of solar technology-
the City Cumicil ut the City at-wale tau s thaL the rullowing, oraillancr, "ill
have she effeCL of uncumaging the in, ` ll tisrn, Ut 5111all JUbiar.11t131 501UY 51Bin a .1yM 1115 Enla
miaaimiLi ner3, obstacles, zmd erste of obtaiijing permits for their installation.
NOW, v'
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EASTVALE, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FuLLuWS:
SECTION 1. Title 110 J tne tzmtvale ..u1—%.1 1 C:- e c titled "BuILDiNuS
CuNS 1 t- i i`- is her-,by amended to add t ter 110.44, entitled,, SMALL I
5vLAR ENERGY SYSTEM " to sxaa issA3 untirc
-Scc. 110.010. Intznt;-.nd3z.
The intent 5 f this chapter is to adopt an expedited, strearnfined solar permittingprocess
that complies _with the Solar Rights Act and AB 21 ter 521, Statutes 2 1 to e i ve timely
and CU5L-CffcCLiVC ilMallations of small resiamitial rUDftUp 51501dr U11r.1gyst 1115. This chupXT is
designed Lo encourugr the Ube OthOldr3y.91 1I13 by removing tuncubmiablei,_ m;itiinizhjg cuNtb
t a e1 y ow,jers and LheC'LY7and expanding e a ili`y Of u `` owners to inSLUlI solar energy
SYSLellls. This chilpLel 311UW5 the Cityto achiuve these goals while pintectingthu public health
sate t y .
See. . 1 illins.
A.
ssocl ti "' `u aivaa Latif Lia ui avis x iiaai ui c 5 a a tear, Cae e Tut the
u u - ut manug;uga 4ummun ; tee:5t development.
B.
"Builaing acpartment'` me the Building and Safetye![ ur Me City Utta3tvale.
C.
-Building onicial" meami the Building — ficial ur designee for the City of EasLvale.
D.
"City" means the City of EaSUvale.
E.
"Common interest development" means any of the following:
1. A community aparLmeni project.
2 condominium pr ct.
3. A- planned eve t.
stock cooperative.
F.
®' 4er,ic suDmittal"means the utilization of one or more of the followin.':
. tmail
e Intusixt
3. :siuiile
G.
es !lam llillll!![ 7" and "CAPCIA ! v[ _" uteanb the piocctoutliue in e . 110.060
entitled "ExpediLed permiL review ills Buil re uii !i, `y`.:,
-feasible m
dfe1 leLLa til5 ti5fa ill ily mit;gULU 01 VI the bpecific, V [5 Sill "iiacl 5_
tut i5 l,uL limited to7any cia5t-e ctiv et tl _ condition or MiLigaLion imposed by the [amity
Vit zalothu, ZS;IllilaTly 3itUULUU UppliCatiou illa pI;VI wcce5btul appficatioll till Er 3imilar pelluit.
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-Plarmiiig Cumu6bbion"means Lhe PlanningCommission for the City of EasLvale.
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all residential rooftop solar energy sysLein" uiranb all ut the t l win
1. A solar energy System that 15 not ]Urger than 10 kilUWULLS UILCUMing CLIFFUHL
IIUMCPIULC Ming or 30 kiluwaLtN thermal.
2 sular energy system that conforms to all applicable State fire, structural, electrical®
otherand building codes • • adupLed r amended by the City of EUSLVaIC and all State
f Calitbrnia healthsafety standards.
solar r system that is installed a single or duplex family dwelling.
4. A solar panel or module array that doe3 nut e2kceed the aa, ,rnuua izgza bui0ilig
MigHt— &L.C` Dy t 4 CAY uI Eu-.tvaic.
K. "Solar energy ste `7 means either of the following:
1. Any solur cu lectur ur ut er solar energy device wnu3c p"mary purpu3u is tu pruvidc
ruy M-1 culil--asun, turu w, cued 5[3 t,un U Sul— C +..r yr 3 ;:c hUlting, spacc
coolin., electric ,eneration,or water ti .
! n, st ctu 1 e31 n feat,,re of auil ing w u3e r[anu y u 4 a3 tv ruvMu Iur
the collection, storage, and distributionf solar energy for electricity ,,eneration,
space heating, space cof or water heating.
L. -Specific, a verse i a f- means a significant, quantifiable-, direct and unavoidablei c ;
based on objective, identified i epublic health or safety standards, policies or
conditions as they existed on the datethe applicationwas deemedcomplete.
110.030. Applicability.
This chUpLur Uppli0b LU the PCIIIIiLdligI binull `rabidendal rooftopsolarenergy NysLemb ill the City.
mall tesiaemial rooftop bolar rnieigyzoybLenni legally ubLabliblica ot peuniuca pii t to the efteutive
daX of Lfiib chapte, am not:5ubjuct tit the ieqUilClIICIILb of tliib uhapLCI ual 5s physical modificaLiOLIS
or alterations are undertaken that materially change the size, type, or componentb of a small rouftop
utr , y y3turn it, such a way a5 tuu ie u„z new r,i, ,ii . RouGstu upciatiun =3 ma;,imiance u,
L C- ,n ,c 1 r,&,cut3 3nan glut ,u u„r. a p�,.t,,It.
See. 110.040. Solar energy system requiruments.
A. All solar energy systems shall meet applicable healthsafety Standards requirements
imposed y the City -`und the State of Califurnia.
B. Solar energy systernzi fur heating water in:single-t4linly residences for heating WaLel-i
C 11111' 1ci 1 Ul 5willulling Poola licaLi s5 all be CEI-Lified by an accredited listing agency
aeflned by the Ualit ma Plumbiug and Mechanical Code.
C. Solar 11 1 y 5ybtMIIb t1h pioducing el cuiciLy z1all MerL all applicable safety and
pertutuamcc 3tandaridIz. erstablizitieU by the Cafiru-in;al the 1 CuUu, the hibLituLe of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and accredited testing laboratorie:s:such as uudet miters
Laootatu,;u5 m7a, wnczu a ;Ca lu; e ulC of C uali4 l Jtilitiub Cvj,n,,;:53;Fj,, egardiag 5Uuty
and reliability.
`.-110.050. Dties of BOdinge aug Offic;al.
A. All documents required for the submission of an expedited small residential rooftop solar
energy system application shall be made available on the City's publicly accessible we site.
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B. Electronic submittal oft e required a itapplication and ducumenis via email, theCity's
we site, or facsimile shall e made available to all small residential ruuftup solar energy
system permit applicants.
C. [1 U lIC It'S lCCUrUI1iC SI aL e shall a accepted n all tumis_ a licatl m, t ,
documents in lieu of a WCL si „att C.
D. The Building Departmocaitshall ®u t s ®`plan and checklist elf all requirements with
which 5 all real a tial routtup,,ular encl y tema 511 11 cumply w;tn to be ul, ` 1c Iu,
cAped;tca ,cv,e .
E. The small,,cmdZuttal rZURUP 3uiur 3.,utem permit i.,rocess, standard lans, and checklist shall
3 a �ti lIx
conform to the recommendations for expedited pe i in including
checklist standard contained in the must current version the Califurnia Solar
Permitting ui a ov adopted by the Governor's Office of PlanningResearch.
F. All fees prescribed for the PM-111itLifig Of „call MbiaUlltiUl 1UOttUp bOldrMICIgy sybMillb 111UbL
CU111ply With ov nuu ut CoSections 5 5 .55 and 66015 and Healthar ty Code
Section 17951.
See. 110.060. x its a suit review and inspectionrequirements.
A. Tne ouddiug DepartILAU11t ll adupt zm zi1iiial3tizitlyu, u„i34.ctiuu ,cv;V
ruCC33 to C. C ltcr, UPPIZVE11 'vI ;5L1JZ11l IeM CTIt, l ruunup sular energy system
zipplicatiuns within 3ays uI a uu tiu. zu ;3 chaptcr. uur aa ' l,cal,unMir as 3maall
re31 u.ti l uun-vp zziw cacrgy 3 3t%-.V”t a eut3 t e re-quireents the at,},rove
c ec it a. _J the Buildin, e e t shall issue a building permito
other non -discretionary pei within 3 business days. The building official may
require an applicant t apply fur a use permit ifthe official finds, _ • on substantial
evidence, that thesolar energy system could have a specific, adverse iMpdCL upon the
public al safety. Such acciNiuns tay be appealed to the Planning
commission rs t to section Sec. 12 0.01.040 of thisc ®e,
B. Review 't the application:shall M limitca to the building official's review of whether t u
applicant eets local, state anZi Ic ,al health niZzatuty,e u;,unjullta.
u. It a use permit is mquimd, t ;: buildi,ig uttic;zzi jary 3c,,y zm UppilcUtIU11 Iu, MC u3v
vi,r„ t It MC UMCIZ11 rn C3 vvilttCrs 1 , ,,, 3 Dmeliupun 3.n3tantivu evi ecu in thu
uccui that tne proposcd in3tallatiu. ,uuid nzzvc a zsp=Lric, EZY713C ;lTlpnzt u 'ur,
public licalth ur 3arny m75 t cry ,3 „v Iv iDM m7=0 to ut,3TMCtvrllj .;tiute or
r'u'a t c 3 czinv' ca VC �, ,rr, IA'.—t. 5,,.c f I b3 a all include the is for e
rC. ubt[ riUT-MU vt7r,t,ra1 re iDle alternative for t,r ve tl 6the adverse impact. Such
decisions may be aPFealed to the Planning Commission pursuant to section Sec.
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LzO.01.040 oft is code.
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D. ny Cun ,tk;. 1, -" used un an a.,lication shall be desi,,ned to miti,,ate the sf,ecIfic; adverse
i ,,act upon healthsafety at the lowest possible cost.- The City shall use its best efforts
to ensure that the selected eC , condition, ur mitigation MULS the conditions f Civil
Code Section 7 O(1)( )®( )
E. The City s Ull 1JFJL c 11 141 11 the approval ut an applicadon an the approval of an ubsociation
as defined in Civil Code Section
F. It U tiuit tut zz stoat! iU3i&,,t;zzi iuottup 5vim-enzi-gy 5y5tern15 resue ;,scu111 ictu,
written correction nuticc actzzili.lgit znziu.zic3 L. the appficntim, =U m -.y udditiu.arl
;11r-1111 L 1, Vr aUCUILICIAZIGU11 ucqulueU to nz cli dale furc, 0it c U nNh c Scut tu
t m appilr=t for res fission,
. tarty ..e ins,,ection shall be required t.e e y the Buildin, Department for small
residential rooftop solar energy systems eligible for expedited review.
H. The inspection shall be dune in a timely manner and should include consolidated inspections.
An inspecLiun will be suhciluied within LWU business days ut-ur uest.
1. IFU W1011 11 leaf ei,tial ruofiop solar energy System fails inspeCLion7a subsequent insectio is
a ` rice ` IJUCU,at G 1st m, to tiu;traijuutzs at thib un tet:
uitiun J. Any pruvi;,iun of the Eastvale Municipal L: ode or appendices e e o inconsistent with
t c ruvi3iuua,3 ur t 1:5 r-Ujn 4u, ti, t c UAW11t ur 3UM 1HZU11:5;3W.Z;;C3 WZ.r, rurtnc,, i eci y
,u i Id,® yr 111v ; ril-ld tv that extent necessary to effect the pruvisions in is Ord i.==.
Section3. If an., section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or ,ortion of this ordinance is for any
reason 1 e invalid co iuti al by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction-,
such decision shall notaffect the validity of the remaining ions uf this r i ce. The City
Council of the Cityof Easivale hereby declarestat it wuuld haveadupted this Ordinance and each
secti n; stt sectiun- sentence, clause;e; or purdun thereof irrespective f the fact that any une
r re sections_ subSeCLions,- sentences; class, phrases or PORIons be declared invalid r
unc nstiwtiunal.
e tiun . The City Clrak b all ECILify thCda0pLi0H Ut-thib Oidinunceshall Cause the barne t
eit t a as equiredlaw.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ORDAINED thi5.zz"" day ut July, . 1.
Ike Bootsma,ay
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
yazzv u , ity , uuyMarc u- e, Lui let
COUNTYSTATE OF CALIFORNIA
uF RIVERSIDE
CITY Or EAS i v ALE
, Marc Donohue,City Clerk of the City Cuunuil of the City of EaSLvale,. California, do hereby
Certify thUL the foregoing ordinance No. 15-06- s intruiluced UL u regular HIMilIg of the City
CUU1161 UfLhu City UfEastvale he13 un tUaY of he 8'5JitIy_ 2015 wab pussed by t e City CuUncil
f the C.;iGy of EU5Lvale aG a regular meetingel® the 22nd y vt July® 20157 by the tblluwing v te:
AYES: Councilmembers ijorimore, ru ► -r ri . mayor Pro Tem Link
mayor tis
ABSENT:
Marc Donohue, City Clerk
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