Foster Township, Schuylkill County

"The horizontal area of a Solar Panel or Solar Array that cannot meet all the conditions to be considered a DIA shall be treated as impervious area. These areas shall be included in the pre-development to post-development runoff analysis as impervious area to determine the need for Post-Construction Stormwater Management (PCSM) best management practices. [1] Use of gravel is permissible under a panel or in the receiving downhill flow path; however, the use of gravel would not allow the horizontal area of the Solar Panel or Solar Array to be considered as a DIA. [2] All impervious areas associated with the PSES such as roadways and support buildings cannot be considered as DIAs and shall follow normal protocols when performing the PCSM stormwater analysis. [3] The total surface area of the arrays of ground-mounted PSES and other site improvements on the property shall not exceed more than the Maximum Impervious Coverage (%) identified in Appendix B.1 of the Foster Township Zoning Ordinance."