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Council approves conditional rezoning for PWC Carvers Falls solar site over opponents’ objections
Summary
After extended public testimony for and against a PWC‑proposed solar energy facility on approximately 40 acres on Carvers Falls Road, the Fayetteville City Council approved a conditional rezoning to allow the solar installation with buffering, lighting, fencing and stormwater conditions. The vote was 8–1.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Fayetteville City Council approved a conditional zoning request Sept. 22 for a PWC‑proposed solar energy facility on a roughly 40‑acre tract on Carvers Falls Road, despite significant public opposition from nearby landowners and recreation operators.
City planning staff said the parcel was annexed into the city in a separate action and returned for initial zoning within the statutory 60‑day window. Staff recommended conditional community‑commercial zoning limited to a solar energy generation facility (a major utility use) and offered conditions including a 100‑foot undisturbed vegetative perimeter buffer, additional rows of screening shrubs along the road, eight‑foot security fencing around the active array (about 35 acres), limited downward‑directed lighting,…
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