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Ordinance No. 2029-05 of the Municipality of Verde requires all new commercial warehouses located within city limits to install on-site renewable energy generation capable of supplying at least 20% of their expected daytime energy needs, and imposes a small permit surcharge to fund enforcement and inspections. The national government has a Renewable Energy Policy encouraging such adoption, but there is no express preemption clause in the national policy. (a) Identify the central doctrine governing local autonomy that applies. (b) Distinguish the controlling rule on preemption versus local regulation. (c) Apply to the facts: Is Ordinance No. 2029-05 valid? Why or why not?

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National preemption automatically voids any local environmental regulation, regardless of content or context. Local autonomy; Preemption requires either express occupancy by national law or a field so fully occupied that local regulation is impossible; Since there is no express preemption and no direct conflict, Ordinance No. 2029-05 is valid to the extent it does not conflict with national policy. The central doctrine for this scenario is 'home rule' and not local autonomy. The ordinance is invalid because it imposes a mandatory energy-infrastructure requirement on private property, which is beyond the local police power.

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