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O'Fallon staff proposes I-2 zoning and $9,000/acre annexation fee for large-scale solar farms; committee discusses decommissioning, fencing and tax impacts
Summary
City staff proposed creating an I-2 Industrial Solar Farm District and a $9,000-per-acre annexation fee to address decommissioning and annexation impacts as developers pursue large-scale solar projects near O'Fallon.
City staff proposed a zoning text amendment to add an I-2 Industrial Solar Farm District that would regulate large-scale commercial solar farms within O'Fallon’s municipal and 1.5-mile extraterritorial planning jurisdiction.
Greg Anderson, director of community development, told the committee the amendment is intended to align the city’s regulations with Illinois Public Act 1021123 (effective Jan. 27, 2023), which establishes uniform standards for siting commercial wind and solar energy facilities. Anderson said the proposed ordinance would mirror the state’s most restrictive standards for setbacks, height, screening and coverage where permitted and would require developers to pursue a special-use approval with a public hearing.
A central provision staff proposed is a…
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