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7.5 Where off-street parking exists in larger projects,
encourage the use of fuel-efficient and electronic
vehicles by:
a. Providing compact parking spaces.
b. Providing one or more electronic vehicle (EV) charging
stations.

7.6 Locate and orient a building and outdoor public space
to maximize exposure to winter sun and to avoid
summer heat. Consider incorporating solar-
oriented, energy-generating
technologies into a new
Solar Technology development.
The use of solar energy-generating technologies is consistent with
Healdsburg’s sustainability objectives and is highly encouraged in
future projects. However, in certain locations and with some visual
qualities, these features can impact the public realm or visually
dominate a building or site on which they are placed. Where
feasible, energy-generating technology equipment should be
visually subordinate to a building and their visual impact on the
street minimized. Please note that State or other regulations may
supercede these guidelines.

7.7 Consider incorporating solar-oriented, energy- Locate attached or detached
generating technologies in a development. solar technologies, such as solar
a. Locate attached or detached solar technologies, such as panels and solar cells, where sun
solar panels and solar cells, where sun will be harvested, will be harvested, as well as where
as well as where the technologies are least visible from technologies are least visible from
the public realm. the public realm.

7.8 Where feasible, use a solar panel that is visually
subordinate to the building.
a. Consider choosing a solar panel that includes a low
amount of visual contrast in its design.
b. Encourage a solar panel that is compatible in color
to the roof of a structure so that it does not visually
dominate the building.
c. Consider placing a solar panel on the rear portion of a
roof, further away from the street.
d. If feasible, locate a solar panel on a secondary structure
that is not visible from the street.

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