Newark Design Standards for Energy Conservation and Solar Access

This rule establishes design standards for energy conservation and solar access in the City of Newark. The standards note that “the City of Newark strongly encourages energy conservation and efficiency and the city supports land use and development which leaves as many options open as possible for the use of traditional and alternative sources of energy in the future.” The standards also provide, among many other points, that for any development “[n]atural features of the site, such as wooded areas and topography, should be incorporated into site and construction design with energy efficiency and conservation as a design criterion,” and that within subdivision plans, “[b]uilding and/or tree shadow plans shall be required for developments specifically incorporating solar energy systems into building construction.”