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New ordinance to allow solar panels in Sterling Heights BY BRIAN WELLS bwells@candgnews.com
STERLING HEIGHTS — A new ordinance has been introduced that will allow residents in Sterling Heights to install solar panels — with restrictions. At its Aug. 19 meeting, the Sterling Heights City Council unanimously voted to adopt a new ordinance allowing solar panels to be installed on properties in certain zoning districts in the city. The new ordinance, which was presented by City Planner Jake Parcell, will allow for roof-mounted, ground-mounted and building-integrated solar systems, with height and setback restrictions to reduce glare from panels. “It has to be designed and located in order to prevent reflective glare. That’s something the sustainability commission was very involved with,” Parcell said. “That way people in the public right-of-way and adjacent property owners aren’t having glare created from solar.” The ordinance was drafted by the Sterling Heights Sustainability Commission in 2024 and in February of this year,
STERLING HEIGHTS/UTICA/SHELBY TOWNSHIP — As the newly reconstructed DeKeyser Elementary School was ready to welcome students back, Utica Community Schools held a ribbon cutting and open house Sunday, Aug. 24, and a media preview a few days earlier, to showcase
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Reconstructed DeKeyser Elementary shows changes coming to 2 more schools BY SARAH WRIGHT swright@candgnews.com
TOP: The kindergarten area at the newly remodeled DeKeyser Elementary in Utica Community Schools features a collaboration area as well as separate classrooms. ABOVE: A second grade classroom at the newly renovated DeKeyser Elementary is ready for students Aug. 21.
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