<div dir="ltr"><div>All,</div><div><br></div><div>I have at least one Planning Board member that has asked for some additional insight (examples, encouragement, cautions, or objections) when it comes to adding solar requirements to a Zoning Bylaw for commercial / non-residential development.</div><div><div><br></div><div>I'll refrain from sharing opinions here in order to get objective responses, but the "Eco. Dev." portion of my title might provide a hint with regards to what side I fall on.</div><div><br></div><div>Have any of your communities debated this, implemented a requirement already, or voted a proposal down? </div><div><br></div><div>Has a community come up with a way to share the financial / energy benefit of private solar installations in exchange for some other incentive?</div></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance,</div><div>-Eric</div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:16px;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.15;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><tbody><tr><td style="height:1px;width:65px;vertical-align:top;padding:0.01px 1px"><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:0.01px;width:57px;text-align:center"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:start;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:1.15"><tbody><tr><td style="height:1px;width:65px;vertical-align:top;padding:0.01px 1px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:0.01px;width:57px;text-align:center"><a href="http://tyngsboroughma.gov/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);display:block" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.gifo.wisestamp.com/im/sh/YS81NjY3ZjZlYS0yM2QyLTQyODktYWNjYi0zMGQ4ZGIyZTBjZjQucG5nI2xvZ28=/rounded.png" height="57" width="57" style="width:57px;vertical-align:middle;border-radius:4px;height:57px"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td valign="top" style="padding:0.01px 0.01px 0.01px 14px;vertical-align:top"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td nowrap style="line-height:1.2;padding:0.01px 0.01px 14px;border-bottom:5px solid rgb(189,189,189)"><span style="text-transform:initial;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(171,51,44);letter-spacing:0px;line-height:1.2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Eric Salerno</span></span><br><span style="text-transform:initial;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(100,100,100);line-height:1.2;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">Town Planner / Eco. Dev. Dir.</span><br></span><span style="text-transform:initial;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(100,100,100);line-height:1.2;font-size:13px">Town of Tyngsborough</span></td></tr><tr><td nowrap width="" style="padding-top:14px;white-space:nowrap"><p style="margin:0.1px;line-height:1"><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="line-height:1.2">978-743-5361 </span> |  <a href="http://tyngsboroughma.gov/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:unset" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:1.2;color:rgb(33,33,33)">tyngsboroughma.gov</span></a></span></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap width="" style="padding-top:7px;white-space:nowrap"><p style="margin:0.1px;line-height:1"><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="line-height:1.2"><a href="mailto:esalerno@tyngsboroughma.gov" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif">esalerno</font>@tyngsboroughma.gov</a></span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap width="" style="padding-top:7px;white-space:nowrap"><p style="margin:0.1px;line-height:1"><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><span style="line-height:1.2">25 Bryant Lane, Tyngsborough MA 01879</span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:14px 0.01px 0.01px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding-right:6px;text-align:center;padding-top:0px"><a href="http://facebook.com/tyngsboroughma" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img width="24" height="24" src="https://cdn.gifo.wisestamp.com/s/fb/AB332C/48/circle/background.png" border="0" style="float:left;border:none"></a></td><td align="left" style="padding-right:6px;text-align:center;padding-top:0px"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/town-of-tyngsborough/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img width="24" height="24" src="https://cdn.gifo.wisestamp.com/s/ld/AB332C/48/circle/background.png" border="0" style="float:left;border:none"></a></td><td align="left" style="padding-right:6px;text-align:center;padding-top:0px"><a href="http://twitter.com/TyngsboroughMA" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img width="24" height="24" src="https://cdn.gifo.wisestamp.com/s/tw/AB332C/48/circle/ba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