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16 Great Neck Road North <br />Nashpee, Massachusetts 02649 <br />Ms. Waygan is not sure, but people might see commercially zoned areas and industrial zoned <br />areas as more appropriate. We need to keep in mind it has to go before the Select Board that <br />already rejected it once. <br />Mr. Lehrer stated there is a similar detriment in terms of architecture and design that comes <br />with the mounting of solar panels, that doesn't encourage pedestrian friendliness, walkability, <br />or other possibilities. While there are larger parcels of land outside of those districts, he would <br />recommend exploring outside of those districts. <br />Ms. Waygan commented there are parking lots that are in the commercial district. She would <br />like to see what parking could add to that. There are large areas, like the fairgrounds, that now <br />have a solar farm. She thinks they can get to a reasonable encouragement level. <br />Mr. Lehrer stated they already facilitated a bylaw change that would allow any approved <br />parking area to be covered in solar. That has not had the opportunity to be tested. You could <br />state that in your policy that you are going to encourage any parking area to contain solar. <br />Ms. Waygan would like a rough estimate of how big some of those parking areas are, like <br />Roche Bros. parking lot for example, is huge. There is also a small one behind Mashpee <br />Commons and there is one at the church. <br />Mr. Fulone stated Mashpee Commons has solar on their roofs too. <br />Ms. Faulkner noted the small roof mounted solar being by right. A building permit would be <br />obtained and anybody can do it. She has a picture in her mind of houses on a street facing <br />south with every house having solar, and it is aesthetically awful looking. <br />Mr. Lehrer stated it could conceivably happen and is unpreventable in consideration of the <br />zoning act. One thing the Board could consider in the short term to require canopies in parking <br />lots for any new construction under a special permit. It is not a requirement now, the developer <br />has the option to enhance the development, and they sell that power back. <br />Ms. Waygan added that requirement could be waived if the developer provided solar in other <br />ways. <br />Mr. Lehrer stated it is difficult to predict the adequacy of a bylaw with only one case law <br />example to draw from. The only way to know if it's adequate is if someone challenges it. The <br />approaches we are discussing are appropriate and feasible. <br />10 <br />