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Planning board backs ordinance change to allow taller commercial solar canopies
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Aug. 26, 2025 — The Huntersville Planning Board recommended approval Tuesday of a text amendment to the town's zoning ordinance that would let commercial properties install taller freestanding solar canopies over surface parking and pedestrian walkways and allow screened front-yard placement in some cases.
Aug. 26, 2025 — The Huntersville Planning Board recommended approval Tuesday of a text amendment to the town's zoning ordinance that would let commercial properties install taller freestanding solar canopies over surface parking and pedestrian walkways and allow screened front-yard placement in some cases. Staff told the board the amendment, requested by Burkert USA Corporation for potential solar at its Huntersville manufacturing facility, would change Article 9.54 '1 (solar energy facilities) to allow "minor" freestanding solar facilities up to 14 feet in height above a surface parking lot or pedestrian pathway when on commercial property and set behind an 80-foot buffer. The amendment would also revise the commercial section to allow front-yard placement…
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