Doraville, GA

The City of Doraville, Georgia originally earned SolSmart Bronze in 2022, then leveled up to Silver in 2024 by embracing comprehensive zoning upgrades, training city staff in solar best practices, provided essential information about solar and energy storage to residents, and more!

• Created an online permitting checklist, increasing transparency for community members and solar installers
• Reviewed local zoning codes and identified restrictions that intentionally or unintentionally prohibit solar PV development
• Trained permitting and inspection staff on best practices for permitting solar PV and/or solar and storage systems.
• Requires no more than one permit application form for a small rooftop solar PV system.
• Provided an online process for solar PV permit submission and approval.
• Demonstrate that residential permit fees for solar PV are $500 or less.
• Requires no more than one inspection for small rooftop solar PV.
• Demonstrated that commercial permit fees for solar PV are based on cost-recovery and capped at a reasonable level so fees do not become a net revenue source.
• Codified in the zoning ordinance that accessory use rooftop solar PV and energy storage systems are explicitly allowed by-right in all major zones.
• Posted online resources including state incentives and policies, and an online solar map for the community.