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Lee County officials propose $10,000–$50,000 fines, cease‑work authority for Mount Hill Road solar projects
Summary
Lee County board members and staff discussed adding progressive financial penalties, stop‑work authority and a revocation process to special‑use permits for Mount Hill Road solar projects after contractors allegedly ignored permit conditions; the county also debated and questioned a proposed subsurface water testing requirement.
Lee County zoning staff and board members debated on May committee meetings whether to add progressive fines and stronger enforcement to special‑use permits for the Mount Hill Road solar projects after contractors who are not the petitioners reportedly violated permit conditions.
The proposed enforcement language would make the first violation a $10,000 fine, the second $25,000 and the third $50,000 plus filing a petition to revoke the special‑use permit, zoning officer Alice said. "The second violation, $25,000. And the third violation is $50,000 and a filing of a petition for revocation of special use permit," she said.
County officials said the penalties are meant to address a recurring problem in which the petitioner on file is not the contractor doing the physical work, leaving a gap between promised permit conditions and on‑the‑ground construction. "What I'm…
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