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Navajo County staff outline renewable-energy ordinance and development-agreement process, plan June return
Summary
Planning and Development Services staff told the Navajo County Board of Supervisors they have drafted a renewable-energy ordinance combining standards for wind and solar and a template for development agreements, and they aim to return to the board on June 24 for formal consideration.
Planning and Development Services staff told the Navajo County Board of Supervisors they have drafted a renewable-energy ordinance that would combine general development standards for both wind and solar, add project-specific provisions and create a pathway for development agreements to be used in place of or alongside special-use permits.
The draft ordinance, staff said, would codify fire-agency involvement in review and construction, strengthen road-use agreements to cover construction and post-construction impacts, and require environmental, cultural and wetland studies plus photo simulations for proposed projects.
"We've added in some of those performance criteria," Cody, Planning and Development staff, said. "We did go through and add stronger language for fire. So that's codifying their involvement as a part of the review process..."
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