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Commissioners hear detailed community concerns about commercial solar siting and setbacks
Summary
County environmental staff and residents urged the Dade County Board to consider setbacks, buffers and erosion controls for commercial solar installations. Speakers cited agricultural land conversion, steep slopes, runoff and precedent in other counties and asked commissioners to review sample ordinances from UGA/Georgia Tech/Emory.
At the Oct. 2 meeting the Dade County commissioners discussed whether to create land-use safeguards for large commercial solar arrays after residents and county staff raised concerns about nearby industrial-scale installations.
Steven (surname given in the transcript as Bonico/Bonico), who described himself as a county environmental resource person, summarized a 2018 guidance document produced jointly by UGA, Georgia Tech and Emory that municipalities have used to set standards for commercial solar projects. He told the board that 37 municipalities had adopted…
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