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Ada County reopens deliberations on zoning rewrite; directs staff to clarify solar rules for prime farmland
Summary
The Ada County Board of Commissioners reopened deliberations on a comprehensive zoning ordinance rewrite to clarify how large-scale solar projects may be sited on prime or important farmland, directed staff to draft exception criteria, and tabled the matter for two weeks to allow staff to return with proposed language.
The Ada County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 7 reopened deliberations on its proposed zoning ordinance rewrite to clarify standards for siting large-scale solar facilities on agricultural land. The board directed staff to draft more specific criteria for when solar generation may be sited on prime farmland, farmland of statewide importance or farmland of local importance, and tabled the ordinance for further consideration on Oct. 28.
The chair of the board opened the discussion after a motion to remove the unfinished business from the table and to reopen deliberations on the zoning ordinance text amendment (application 20240258-ZOA).…
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