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Commissioners amend draft fund to require developers to pay 100% compensation for solar project areas containing any prime soils
Summary
Caroline County commissioners amended a draft ordinance Oct. 7 to require solar developers to pay compensatory preservation contributions equal to 100% of project-area fair-market value when any portion of the project area contains prime or statewide-important soils; the board opened and closed a public hearing with no public comment.
Caroline County commissioners voted Oct. 7 to amend a proposed new county chapter creating an agricultural land preservation fund tied to solar-energy development on farmland. The amendment sets the compensatory-preservation contribution at 100% of the appraised value of the project area when any part of that project area contains soils designated as prime farmland or farmland of statewide importance.
The proposed legislation (legislative bill 2025-011) creates a county-administered fund to receive payments when solar energy generating stations and energy storage are developed on agricultural…
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