AN UPDATE FROM US ON SOLAR PANELS IN NORTH CAROLINA

Recently, the Supreme Court of North Carolina handed down a decision (in Belmont Association, Inc. v. Farwig) which greatly affects the ability of planned communities to regulate the location and placement of solar panels on lots within the community. The ruling does not affect condominium communities created under Chapter 47A or Chapter 47C of the North Carolina General Statutes. The ruling does, however, potentially affect all planned communities with restrictions recorded on or after October 1, 2007 (the effective date of N.C.G.S. § 22B-20).   Read the article…………………….

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