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Committee recommends sending Lewis Creek Solar application back to zoning board over drainage, battery siting concerns
Summary
The county planning committee voted to recommend that the county board return Lewis Creek Solar LLC’s conditional-use application to the Zoning Board of Appeals for further engineering review focused on a drainage tile under the proposed battery site and other design uncertainties.
The Planning and Zoning Committee on Thursday recommended the county board send Lewis Creek Solar LLC’s conditional-use application back to the Zoning Board of Appeals for additional review, citing unresolved drainage and battery-siting issues.
The application seeks approval to build and operate a 50-megawatt AC commercial solar energy facility with a 10-megawatt AC battery-energy storage system. Committee members said the application’s site plan lacked sufficient detail about battery design and manufacturers, and raised concerns about a drainage tile running under the proposed battery location.
Committee members and staff said the parcel drains roughly…
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