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Union County says it will draft commercial solar ordinance amid project inquiries
Summary
County commissioners discussed creating a countywide ordinance to regulate commercial solar farms, including permitting, insurance, grading and traffic review, and said staff will present a draft at the next meeting.
A commissioner at the Union County Board of Commissioners meeting on May 9 said the county will draft a commercial solar ordinance after multiple inquiries about solar farms.
The commissioner told colleagues the draft would set building-permit requirements, insurance minimums and other construction standards for commercial solar projects and that staff expect to present a proposed ordinance at the board’s next meeting so developers and landowners have a framework to follow.
The board member said inquiries ranged from what they described as a roughly 1-acre project to news reports of very large…
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