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Board approves two 5-MW solar special uses on same Sheridan parcel, adds screening condition after neighbor concerns
Summary
LaSalle County Board approved two special-use permits for commercial solar energy facilities (each ~5 megawatts) on a Sheridan parcel owned by Sharon Johnson with conditions including vegetative screening; board members voiced concern about loss of farmland but approved both permits.
LaSalle County Board on Aug. 14 approved special-use permits to allow two 5-megawatt commercial solar projects on a parcel at 2741 North 3850 Third Road in Mission Township, owned by Sharon Johnson and proposed by Jacob's Ladder Solar 1 LLC and Jacob's Ladder Solar 2 LLC. The two approvals were taken as separate petitions but concern, testimony and conditions overlapped.
County staff summarized that each petition would place a roughly 5-megawatt array on portions of the property; the first petition (25-15) received a unanimous recommendation from the Zoning Board of Appeals and county staff said it met the county code and…
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