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Clay County BZA approves variance for already-installed solar array after installer missed permit
Summary
The Clay County Board of Zoning Adjustments approved a variance allowing a ground-mounted solar array to remain in a side/front yard after the installer failed to obtain the correct county permit. The applicant said utility locations and site constraints prevented placing the array in the rear yard required by county code.
A variance request to let a ground-mounted solar array remain in a side/front yard was approved by the Clay County Board of Zoning Adjustments after the applicant and installer explained the array had been installed without the correct local permit.
Planning and zoning staff said the property is roughly 4 acres in unincorporated Clay County near the Liberty city limits and is zoned R-1 (Residential Rural). The applicant sought relief from Clay County Land Development Code section 151-6.3(f)(3), which requires ground-mounted solar collectors to be no taller than 8 feet and placed in rear yards…
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