Solar easement

<h2 id="features">Features</h2>
<p>A typical solar easement establishes certain land use conditions agreed upon by the property owners involved.  Such agreements will normally contain the following elements:
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<ul><li>A description of the dimensions of the easement, including vertical and horizontal angles measured in the degrees or the hours of the day, on specified dates, during which direct sunlight to a specified surface or structural design feature may not be obstructed;</li>
<li>Restrictions placed upon vegetation, structures, and other objects which may impair or obstruct the passage of sunlight through the easement, and;</li>
<li>The terms and conditions, if any, under which the easement may be revised or terminated.</li></ul>
<h2 id="statutory-recognition">Statutory recognition</h2>
<p>Currently, there are 36 states in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> that have provided for statutory protection for solar easements through the enactment of specific laws recognizing and protecting solar easements.  <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a> was one of the first states to enact such a law, beginning with their solar incentives as far back as 1976.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Surprisingly, the State of <a href="/facts/Arizona/6ayM3swJ">Arizona</a> does not currently have a solar easement statute.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Solar_power/NpgmEbU2">Solar power</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Solar_hot_water/vfE7AWIT">Solar hot water</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Easements/GqP5L1hU">Easements</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Property_rights/sF4Wc7g7">Property rights</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/33/title33ch28sec0.html">Maine Solar Easement Statutes</a></li>
<li><a href="https://archive.today/20130127063804/http://law.justia.com/utah/codes/title57/57_0d003.html">Utah Code, Creation of Solar Easement</a></li>
<li><a href="https://solarpower.vn/">https://solarpower.vn/</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Revised Code of Washington 64.04.150 (2008). <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Anders, Grigsby and Kuduk, California's Solar Rights Act: A Review of the Statutes and Relevant Cases (Energy Policy Initiatives Center, U. San Diego School of Law, January 2007). Archived 2008-10-01 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.sandiego.edu/epic/publications/documents/070123_RightsActPaperFINAL.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.sandiego.edu/epic/publications/documents/070123_RightsActPaperFINAL.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Making Solar Easier & More Affordable". Retrieved 12 October 2015. <a href="https://suntrica.com" target="_blank">https://suntrica.com</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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