CHAPTER 12. Solar Shade Control [25980. - 25986.]

Chapter 12 added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1366.

§§ 25980–25986 · 8 sections

• § 25980 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Solar Shade Control Act. It is the policy of the state to promote all feasible means of energy conservation…
• § 25981 (a) As used in this chapter, “solar collector” means a fixed device, structure, or part of a device or structure, on the roof of a building, that is used…
• § 25982 After the installation of a solar collector, a person owning or in control of another property shall not allow a tree or shrub to be placed or, if placed, to…
• § 25982.1 (a) An owner of a building where a solar collector is proposed to be installed may provide written notice by certified mail to a person owning property that…
• § 25983 A tree or shrub that is maintained in violation of Section 25982 is a private nuisance, as defined in Section 3481 of the Civil Code, if the person who…
• § 25984 This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (a) A tree or shrub planted prior to the installation of a solar collector. (b) A tree planted, grown, or…
• § 25985 (a) A city, or for unincorporated areas, a county, may adopt, by majority vote of the governing body, an ordinance exempting their jurisdiction from the…
• § 25986 Any person who plans a passive or natural solar heating system or cooling system or heating and cooling system which would impact on an adjacent active solar…