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Commissioners approve farmland-preservation application amid questions over solar on agricultural land and tax credits
Summary
Monroe County approved an application under the county's farmland and open-space preservation review (Part 361), and commissioners discussed how solar development on agricultural land interacts with state tax-credit programs and local controls.
The Monroe County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 28 approved a county planner's recommendation for an application to the Farmland and Open Space Preservation program (Part 361 of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act) for property in Ida Township, and discussed how state policy and tax incentives affect solar projects on farmland.
Commissioners heard a county planner explain that land enrolled in the Part 361 preservation program must be used agriculturally to retain associated tax credits; if a…
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