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Polk County approves fire marshal’s solar‑farm plan‑review fee schedule

5579038 · August 13, 2025
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Polk County Commissioners voted to adopt a fee schedule for solar‑farm plan reviews after the fire marshal recommended a flat fee structure to account for large, varied projects and emergency‑response needs.

Polk County Commissioners approved a new plan‑review fee schedule for proposed solar farms after Fire Marshal John Fugate told the court that the county has received multiple solar farm applications ranging from about 100 acres to more than 3,000 acres and that “solar farms don't actually have us, large structures to to recoup the time and effort put into the plans review.”

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