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The Woodley Park Historic District was listed in 1990 and covers about 395 buildings from about 1905 to 1938, mostly townhouses and rowhouses. Solar there goes through historic preservation review, and arrays kept low and out of street view are the simplest to approve.
Inside the historic district
The Woodley Park Historic District was added to the DC Inventory on April 18, 1990. It includes about 395 buildings dating from about 1905 to 1938, mostly townhouses and rowhouses set in a park-like landscape.
DC's Historic Preservation Office asks that solar limit what the street can see, but visible panels are not banned outright. Rear slopes and flat roofs behind a parapet are the straightforward route, and we prepare sightline photos and drawings for the review.
Owners, trees and the roof you have
Woodley is among the neighborhoods west of the park with more than 70 percent owner-occupied homes, and it sits in Ward 3, the city's most tree-covered ward at 59 percent canopy.
So two checks come first: whether the roof stays sunny through the season, and whether the array can sit out of street view. When both work, the system earns DC SRECs like any other District roof.
Sources: dcpolicycenter.org, caseytrees.org
Where Woodley Park projects start
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Woodley Park solar questions
Most of the neighborhood is, inside the district boundaries listed in 1990.
Yes. Flat roofs behind a parapet and rear slopes are the easiest to approve.
Visible panels are not banned outright, but they face closer review.
We do, with drawings and sightline photos.
Some roofs lose sun to the canopy; the site visit shows which.