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Lee County committee forwards two Mound Hill Road solar petitions to zoning board, approves multiple routine transportation and zoning actions
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The Lee County Executive Committee voted to forward two community solar petitions on Mound Hill Road to the Zoning Board of Appeals and approved several routine departmental items during its meeting.
The Lee County Executive Committee voted to forward two community solar petitions on Mound Hill Road to the Zoning Board of Appeals and approved several routine departmental items during its meeting.
Palmyra Township resident Nick Hermes urged the committee to oppose the solar projects and raised concerns tied to farmland program restrictions and federal tax rules. "They're gonna put, 13,000 solar panel farm. With a 40,000 panel solar farm on the north piece," Hermes said, adding that portions of the land are enrolled in a farm program he believes carries obligations that should be resolved before commercial development proceeds.
Alice, Lee County zoning staff member, told the committee the…
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