The residential solar ready requirements apply to single family residences and low-rise multifamily buildings.
The solar ready requirements are applicable to newly constructed single family residences located in subdivisions with 10 or more residences and where the application for a tentative subdivision map for the residences has been deemed complete by the enforcement agency on or after January 1, 2014. This allowance is for situations where subdivisions may be partially built or where the layout of streets and residences have previously been approved by the enforcement agency. The allowance applies only to the solar ready requirements. Single family residences shall comply with all other provisions of Title 24, Part 6, that are in effect on the date that the building permit application is submitted.
The solar ready requirements are applicable to newly constructed low-rise multifamily buildings. By the Standards’ definition, low-rise multifamily buildings have three stories or fewer.