Buchanan County extends WECS moratorium, approves multiple zoning updates

Nov 14, 2025

The Board extended a county moratorium on wind-energy permits to allow comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance updates and approved a flurry of rezoning requests and zoning ordinance changes across several hearings in spring and summer 2025.

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The Buchanan County Board of Supervisors and the county planning staff spent large portions of several meetings this year updating zoning fees, reviewing zoning ordinance amendments and extending a moratorium on Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECS).

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