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Committee approves Commerce Street Solar conditional use with 40-year term and revised membership condition
Summary
The committee recommended approval of Commerce Street Solar’s conditional-use permit for a 28.95-acre, 5 MW AC facility, agreeing to extend the project term from 30 to 40 years and to modify a utility-membership condition as requested by the developer; approval is subject to county board sign-off and required order approval.
The Iroquois County Zoning Committee voted Oct. 7 to recommend approval of Commerce Street Solar’s conditional-use application to construct a 28.95-acre commercial solar energy facility with an AC capacity of about 5 megawatts on parcel 17-30-300-008 in Douglas Township.
The committee adopted the Zoning Board of Appeals’ recommended findings and conditions with two adjustments the applicant requested: extending the project term from 30 to 40 years and modifying the condition related to membership in the local utility coordination group (the developer asked to substitute a requirement to "call before you dig" for mandatory membership in that utility coordination body). Staff and the applicant agreed…
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