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Prince George supervisors limit future large-scale solar to M3 industrial zone
Summary
The Prince George County Board of Supervisors on June 10 approved a comprehensive-plan amendment to bar new solar energy facilities outside the county's M3 (heavy industrial) zoning district, keeping previously approved projects in place but narrowing where future projects may locate.
The Prince George County Board of Supervisors voted June 10 to revise the county's solar-energy siting policy, effectively barring new large-scale solar facilities outside the M3 (heavy industrial) zoning district.
The change updates the 2020 siting policy and comprehensive plan language after staff told the board roughly 4,123 acres of solar facilities already had approvals or were in development in non-M3 zones. Staff said the previous policy left roughly 480 additional acres before the county's earlier acreage guideline would be reached; the amendment removes that acreage cap by limiting future approvals to M3-zoned land.
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