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Resident urges BZA to void solar special exceptions he says lacked timely building-permit applications
Summary
An Eastern Howard County resident asked the BZA to invalidate previously granted special exceptions for two solar projects, arguing county ordinance requires applicants to apply for building or location-improvement permits within four months of approval; board staff said the county attorney must advise on enforcement.
Near the end of Thursdays meeting, resident Brad Simone asked the board to declare two previously granted special exceptions for solar projects void because, he said, the applicants did not file building- or location-improvement-permit applications within the time the ordinance requires.
"The only thing that extends was the beginning of the construction and it had to be started by the end of this year," Simone told the board, referring to the record…
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