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Commission endorses two ordinance amendments and discusses solar/wind rules, moratoriums and litigation risks
Summary
On July 28 the Pennington County Planning Commission recommended two ordinance amendments to the board — adopting proposed telecommunications conditional‑use language and adding a $1,000 data‑processing‑center conditional‑use permit fee — and spent substantial time discussing changes to county rules for solar and wind projects.
The Pennington County Planning Commission on July 28 voted to recommend two ordinance amendments to the Board of Commissioners and held an extended discussion about ongoing work by an alternative energy committee to update county rules for solar and wind projects and to avoid litigation risks.
The commission accepted ordinance amendment OA25‑0002 (telecommunications/conditional use language as presented by staff) and OA25‑0003, an amendment to Pennington County code Section 5.11 establishing a $1,000 conditional use permit fee for data processing centers. Commission action on OA25‑0003 added the fee—“data processing center, $1,000”—to the code.
Britney Molitor, planning director, presented the amendments and noted the data processing center fee is intended to align with other permit fees for alternative energy and telecommunications. Commissioner discussion covered technical points in the proposed…
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