New law requires special-exception permitting for ground-mounted solar projects, staff says
House Bill 711 requires local governments to create a special-exception process to review ground-mounted solar projects in certain zoning districts; staff said Pulaski's commission would likely review any ordinance creating that process and can regulate setbacks and visual impacts.
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McBride briefed commissioners on House Bill 711, saying the law "requires localities to create a special exception process for ground-mounted solar energy projects" in agricultural, commercial, industrial and mixed-use districts. He said the statute requires a permitting pathway and allows local regulation of setbacks and visual impacts as part of the special-exception review.
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