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County board sends large solar application back to zoning board over drainage and battery questions

5787145 · August 12, 2025
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Summary

The Iroquois County Board voted to return a large commercial solar conditional-use application to the Zoning Board of Appeals for further review after committee members raised concerns about site drainage, battery storage details, and component manufacture information.

The Iroquois County Board on an affirmative voice vote sent a commercial solar application back to the Zoning Board of Appeals for more detailed review after county staff and committee members flagged unresolved drainage and battery-storage issues. The application covers roughly 350 acres and would include a battery-storage component and panel arrays.

County planning staff told the board the primary reason for returning the case is unresolved surface and subsurface drainage on the parcel, which lies within an older drainage district…

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