Trees versus solar panels, who wins in neighborly dispute?
The state of California is all about renewable energy these days but it's causing some new legals issues that haven't really been dealt with before, for example solar panels versus shady trees on neighboring property, who wins?The issue was brought to the forefront recently when a man complained that his neighbor's Redwood trees were blocking the sun to solar panels on his home. The trees were planted before the solar panels were installed, which makes them okay except any new growth that occurred after the next door solar panels were in place violates "a homeowner's right to sunlight." A judge ruled that two of the Redwoods (there were 8 total) had to be cut down.
Cutting down trees to make way for sun. Great, now our green alternatives have begun fighting amongst themselves.
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3-03-2008 @ 12:28AM
Joe said...
Is it entirely that bad that the question came up at all?
A precedent is a precedent. It can be viewed, after the fact, as either right or wrong. Under appeal, the basis of the law can be questioned and possibly adjusted.
But the fact that the judicial system is making decisions for green (cause really, it was a green decision either way) just further embeds the concept into law and into our consciousness.
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