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6.3 Zoning 6.3.1 6.3.2 6.3.3 6.3.4 6.3.5 Solar access requirements - build into zonin9 code - re: setbacks, heights, and relationship to adjacent land uses Coordinate mixed use zones and high density zones with transit access points. Encourage work place and home proximity to minimize travel. Density bonuses for energy conservation beyond code requirements. Zone single-family residential districts to allow work at home, to minimize home-to-work trips. Clothesline ordinance - allow clotheslines outdoors 6.4 Subdividing 6.4.1 6.4.2 Require solar access and orientation analysis of sub- divisions, rights of way, and property orientation as a condition of approval of subdivision plans. This would comply with the requirements of AB 3250 and AB 2321, ensuring rights to solar access. Priority processing of subdivision maps for builders pledging to build a certain number of solar housing units. 6.5 Site Plan Review 6.5.1 Demonstration of solar access, building orientation and other energy conservation methods as a condition of site plan approval. 6.6 Building 6.6.1 6.6.2 6.6.3 6.6.4 6.6.5 6.6.6 Enforcement of Title 20 and Title 24. Educate plan checkers and building inspectors. Additional code requirements beyond State requirements. Bonuses for better performance of buildings (detail list). Priority processing of permits for energy-efficient buildings. Mandate domestic solar hot water heating in new building construction. Mandate solar pool ordinances. Institute a retrofit ordinance establishing minimum insulation and weatherization standards for existing buildings. 6.7 Rights of Way 6.8 6.7.1 Street tree planting program to minimize heat absorption/ re-radiation in summer. Street orientation should maximize shading of streets (i.e., maximum number of east-west streets). Taxation 6.8.! Incentives for solar concession and retrofit by minimum va)uation of equipment which uses energy from non-depletable resources, such as solar or wind.