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County planner proposes short moratorium on wind and solar permitting while zoning updates reviewed; commissioners ask for more protections and later remove mor
Summary
The county planning director proposed an emergency moratorium on wind and solar permitting to allow revision of the county zoning code and to route large projects through the state's Industrial Siting Council first; commissioners questioned whether an emergency was necessary, asked for clearer health, safety and liability provisions, and later a
Natrona County planning staff proposed a short-term moratorium on wind and solar permits so the county can finalize updates to its zoning code and require larger energy projects to proceed first through the state Industrial Siting Council (ISC). Sabrina (planning staff) said the zoning rewrite moves certain large projects to ISC review to take advantage of the council's more prescriptive requirements and to reduce the county's administrative burden for complex applications.
Sabrina told the commission she had not received any formal wind or solar applications to date but had received…
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