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Community Detail Page: Zoning, permitting, and sentiment by county or AHJ

The Community Detail pages let you see permitting, zoning, news, and sentiment for any county or AHJ, all in one place, so you can quickly assess development viability

Katherine Olecki avatar
Written by Katherine Olecki
Updated over 2 months ago

The Community Detail page zooms into a county or AHJ and brings together everything your team needs for development across solar, wind, and battery. Our team contacts AHJs directly to gather zoning information, permitting documentation, meeting minutes, ordinances, and more.

When to Use the Community Detail Page

  1. Early diligence and market scanning

    • Get the pulse of a community’s stance on development and see recent activity.

  2. Verification before a go or no-go

    • Jump from summaries to the exact ordinance or meeting minutes to validate requirements.

  3. Portfolio focus

    • Subscribe to communities where you are active to keep your team in the loop.

What You’ll See on the Community Detail Page

Each page is organized into sections so you can confirm viability fast.

  • Jurisdiction Overview

    • Who has siting or zoning authority, how many times we contacted them, and who we reached.

  • News Alerts

    • Recent news related to solar, battery storage, wind, or data center development in the community to help you gauge momentum or headwinds.

  • Social Media and Sentiment

    • Aggregated conversations about solar, battery storage, wind, and data center development across social sources in that county or AHJ.

  • Meeting Minutes and Ordinances

    • Click through to source materials. Includes links to meeting minutes and ordinances for general development, solar law, wind law, and battery storage.

  • Permitting Overview

    • Summaries of permitting rules for solar, wind, and battery. Where available, we include permitting restrictions and setbacks pulled from code.

  • Zoning Overview

    • Snapshot of zoning information and permit status definitions relevant to community solar projects.

  • Zoning Maps and Code Links

    • Direct links to official zoning maps and the underlying code, so you can verify details quickly.


Using the Community Detail Page

Access the Community Detail page two ways:

  1. From the Map

  2. From the Permitting Predictor page in the main navigation

🌐 Community Detail Page from the Map

Use this path when you are exploring locations visually.

  1. Go to the Map

    • Open Map from the main navigation.

  2. Turn on Map Layers

    • In Map Layers, open Boundaries.

    • Toggle on Counties or AHJs and Subdivisions.

  3. Pick your area

    • Click a county or AHJ directly on the map.

    • If multiple layers are on, switch to the relevant layer in the layer toggle.

  4. Open the details

    • Click View Details to jump into that county or AHJ’s Community Detail page.

💡 Tip: If labels are hard to see, switch the map style to Light Mode for clarity.

📊 Community Detail Page from the Navigation Bar

Use this path when you want a quick list-driven workflow.

  1. Open Permitting Predictor

    • Click Permitting Predictor in the main navigation.

  2. Choose your state

    • Select the state you want to analyze.

  3. Open the detail view

    • In the list, click the “i” icon next to a county or AHJ to open its Community Detail page.

Extra Actions To Take

📋 Subscribe to community alerts

  • If you work many projects in a county or AHJ, click Subscribe on its Community Detail page. We will deliver new alerts to your inbox as we collect them.

📎 Add notes and ratings

  • Record what you learn. Leave notes and set a rating for counties or AHJs you favor or want to avoid. This helps your team prioritize where to develop next.

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