Ord 76AN CRDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PO~AY, CALIFORNIA
ESTABLISHING A M~NICIPAL SOLAR UTILITY
~MEREAS, it is the policy of the City of Poway to encourage and promote the
use of solar energy and conservation in order to strengthen the local economy,
to gain greater energy self-reliance, and to maintain a good quality of life for
its citizens, and
~I{EREAS, recent State Legislation, chapter 1552, Statutes of 1982, signed by
the Governor on September 29, 1982, was enacted to clarify the solar energy tax
credit eligibility of solar energy systems; and
~MEREAS, the Legislature amended Section 17052.5 and Section 23601 of the
California Revenue and Taxation Code to provide certain specified tax credits to
taxpayers who partially own and partially lease a solar energy syst~n frcm any
lessor granted a permit frcm a Municipal Solar utility established by ordinance
of the local jurisdiction prior to january 1, 1983; and
~{EREAS, the purpose for which a Municipal Solar utility is created by a
local government is to conduct and support programs which prc~ote the utiliza-
tion of renewable energy and energy conservation technologies; and
~EREAS, the council of The City of Poway wishes to implement programs
through such a Municipal Solar Utility which w~uld thereby make taxpayers eli-
gible for such ~mx credits as an incentive to install solar energy systems.
NOW, THEREFORE, ~ IT CRDAINED, by the city Council of the city of Poway, as
follows:
Section 1. That a Municipal Solar Utility is hereby created for pur-
poses of satisfying requirements contained in Section 17052.5
or Section 23601 of the California Revenue and Tax code;
Section 2. The Municipal Solar Utility shall be under the direction and
control of the City Manager;
Section 3. The City Manager shall present for Council approval, rules
and regulations governing the activities of the Municipal
Solar Utility including a program whose primary activity will
be issuing permits to qualified solar leasing businesses, and
establishing Permittee, and/or consumer protection criteria.
Such rules and regulations shall be approved by Council reso-
lution.
Ordinance No. 76
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Section 4.
This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after adop-
tion and shall within fiftccn (15) days of adoption, be
published with the names of the Councils voting for and
against the same in the Poway New~ Chieftain, a newspaper of
general circulation, printed and circulated within the City
of Poway.
Intreducad and first read at a regular n~ccting of the City Council of the
City of Poway held the 23rd day of November, 1982, and thereafter PASSED AND
ADOPTED at a regular m~eting of said City Council held the 30th day of November,
1982, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCI~: ~9~RY, ORAV~C, SHEPARDSON
NOES: OOUNCII2~:~S: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCITA~RS: ERUSE, TARZY
Mary L. ~epard~on, Mayor
Marjorie~... Wahlsten, City Clerk