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Iroquois County board approves additional-use applications for three solar projects
Summary
The Iroquois County planning and zoning committee and county board approved additional-use applications for three pre-ordinance solar projects, adding conditions and clarifying that state statute and county ordinance requirements still apply before building permits are issued.
The Iroquois County planning and zoning committee and county board voted in July to accept additional-use applications for three large solar projects that applied before the county's current solar ordinance took effect.
County discussion and subsequent votes centered on how projects that applied prior to the county's ordinance must still meet statutory and ordinance-based requirements before construction. Ruben Brandon, project director for the applicant identified in the meeting record as "Thank you, solar," said the company "believes that all the evidence that has been submitted ... the project is fully within the whole state statute and the county ordinance and request approval by the committee today." The board approved the applications after committee recommendation.
The committee and outside adviser Andrew Kite explained the procedural approach the county will take for these pre-ordinance applications. Kite, described in the record…
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