Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
Source: Official source
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4. If storage areas for recreational vehicles 3. Layout and fencing for ground-mounted
are provided, they shall be screened along systems shall be integrated with existing
interior side and rear lot lines with a solid landscape and minimize removal of
fence or wall, a minimum of six feet and a vegetation to the extent possible.
maximum of seven feet in height. Shrubs 4. Minor ground-mounted solar energy
shall be planted and spaced sufficiently to systems shall be located a minimum 50
form a continuous linear hedgerow at feet from all RN zones, and the B-1 and B-
plant maturity; plantings shall be placed 2/B-2b zones.
inside the fence oriented toward the 5. Major ground-mounted solar energy
interior of the lot. systems shall be located at least 75 feet
from all RN zones, and the B-1 and B-2/B-2b
6.4.38 Solar energy systems (major and minor) zones.
A. In general 6. The absolute height of any ground-
1. All solar energy systems shall meet the mounted solar energy system shall be no
technical, safety, and maintenance more than 20 feet above the ground as
standards in the City of Portland Technical measured from the base of the support.
Manual. 7. The following components of a ground-
2. Solar energy systems shall minimize mounted solar energy system shall be
impacts resulting from construction and counted as impervious in the calculation of
maintenance of the solar energy system, landscaped open space ratio:
including lighting, security measures, a. Foundation systems, typically
traffic, and grid connections. consisting of driven piles, monopoles,
3. Solar panel placement shall minimize or or helical screws with or without small
negate any solar glare impacting nearby concrete collars or weighted ballast.
properties or roadways, without unduly b. All mechanical equipment