This 2018 model ordinance, published by Emory Law School’s Turner Environmental Law Clinic, Georgia Institute of Technology’s Strategic Energy Institute, and the University of Georgia, provides a comprehensive solar land use ordinance based on best practices learned nationwide and shaped to fit Georgia’s specific needs. It is meant to be an example—a place for counties and cities to look when deciding how best to regulate the siting of solar energy systems in their communities.
This Guide to the Georgia Model Solar Ordinance provides additional information and resources that counties and cities may need to better understand (1) the purpose and use of the Model Ordinance, (2) why and how the provisions in the Model Ordinance were chosen, (3) acceptable ranges and alternatives to the chosen provisions, and (4) additional considerations when siting solar energy systems.