General requirements

A. Location.
- (1) All ground-mounted system installations are prohibited in the Downtown East Greenwich Historic District Overlay Zone but may be permitted on properties located in the Tillinghast Road Historic District Overlay Zone and on properties covered by historic zoning as outlying properties (see Article XI of the Zoning Code).
- (2) Building-mounted or building-integrated systems may be allowed at the discretion of the Historic District Commission in all Historic District Overlay Zones building-mounted or building-integrated systems shall be allowed by right in all other zones.
B. Exemptions. Nothing herein shall preclude the Town of East Greenwich from installing ground-mounted or other solar energy systems on any Town-owned or controlled property regardless of zoning district.
C. Compliance with laws, ordinances and regulations. The construction and operation of all solar energy system installations shall be consistent with all applicable local, state and federal laws, ordinances, regulations and requirements, including, but not limited to, all applicable safety, construction, electrical and communications requirements. All buildings and fixtures forming part of a solar energy system installation shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the Rhode Island Building Code and Electrical Code.
D. Building permit and building inspection. No solar energy system installation shall be constructed, installed or modified without first obtaining a building permit and shall be subject to periodic inspections as deemed necessary by the building official.
E. Fees. All applicable fees, including, but not limited to, a building permit fee, planning and zoning board review fees, as provided for herein or in the Code of Ordinances for the Town of East Greenwich, shall be paid prior to the issuance of any building permits.
F. Plans and surveys. All plans related to design, construction, installation or modification of a solar energy system installation shall be prepared, signed and stamped by either a professional engineer, surveyor (for property line information), or landscape architect (for landscape information) licensed to practice in the State of Rhode Island.