Girdwood’s Expired Building Design Standards

Girdwood’s now-expired building design standards did not explicitly identify areas where rooftop solar may be placed, but did include language that the guidelines were not “meant to preclude, discourage, or inhibit the design, installation, or implementation of ecologically sound methods of harnessing and utilizing wind, solar, hydro, or other sources of renewable energy in Girdwood.” The standards also set permeable surface minimums, but specifically prohibited “shiny, reflective metal surfaces anywhere on [a] building,” and indicated that “[w]hite or cream shades of color are permitted on not more than 35 percent of each facade.”