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Planning board approves modified elevated solar canopy at 459 Blacksmith Shop Road with conditions
Summary
The board approved a minor modification to a 2019 site-plan approval to elevate the northern array at 459 Blacksmith Shop Road to about 28–30 feet, adding conditions on stormwater permitting and limits on future uses under the canopy.
The Falmouth Planning Board voted Jan. 14 to approve a minor modification to a previously permitted large-scale solar project at 459 Blacksmith Shop Road that elevates the previously approved north array to an elevated photovoltaic canopy roughly 28–30 feet high.
Applicant representatives from NextGrid and Weston & Sampson presented a revised plan for the north array, describing the structure as an elevated canopy-mounted photovoltaic array rather than a carport intended for parking. "It is a canopy. It is a ground mounted, canopy mounted, solar array system. We have no plans on doing any type of parking," Mike Pattison of NextGrid said.
The board’s…
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