The Summit County Courthouse.
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The future of renewable energy on the East Side just got a lot brighter with the adoption of an ordinance by the Summit Council Council on Wednesday.The council voted to accept changes to the Eastern Summit County Development Code that will allow residents to have solar energy systems on their properties.Previously, the code included no language on the structures, which caused them to be prohibited. Now, private property owners can install solar systems in walls, windows or roof tiles as well as roof-mounted systems and ground-mounted systems.The Eastern Summit County Planning Commission held public hearings and reviewed the regulations for solar energy systems in September 2020 as well as January and March 2021, according to a staff report submitted to the Summit…