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(adopted 09.03.2008), Chart is NOT ranked Comments & Collaboration Opportunities See F.S. 163.04 Energy devices based on renewable resources: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View% 20Statutes&SubMenu=1&App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=solar&URL=CH0163/Sec04.HTM The new ordinance should over-ride any such existing rules. If the Alachua County Commission does not have the authority to enact, lobby the State &/or Federal government to obtain authority to accomplish this task. Participate with the City of Gainesville committee currently studying this issue, which arose from a conflict between a City of Gainesville tree requirement & developer solar access in the new Forest Ridge development - Gainesville's first US DOE certified "net-zero" energy neighborhood. Create County process that involves builders, solar installers, neighborhood residents, County staff & other stakeholders.
Short Term (1-3 years)
See F.S. 125.568 Conservation of water; xeriscape at: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View% 20Statutes&SubMenu=1&App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=125.568&URL=CH0125/Sec568.HTM
This recommendation will also require a review of local codes that have specific requirements for types & heights of vegetation in yards, etc. The new ordinance should over-ride any such existing rules. If the Alachua County Commission does not have the authority to enact, lobby the State &/or Federal government to obtain authority to accomplish this task.
If the Alachua County Commission does not have the authority to enact, lobby the State &/or Federal government to obtain authority to accomplish this task.
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