Council enacts temporary land-use rule and extends commercial solar application pause
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Summary
Citing complexity around commercial and multifamily solar interconnections and zoning, the council enacted a temporary land-use regulation and approved a six-month extension of a prior pause on commercial solar applications while staff completes code amendments and planning commission review.
The Brigham City Council enacted a temporary land-use ordinance that temporarily prohibits new commercial solar installations and certain multifamily (non-single-family/townhome) residential solar applications and approved a separate resolution to extend an earlier pause on commercial solar applications for six additional months.
City staff told the council the pause originally targeted interconnection and title-50 (utility interconnect) issues; as staff studied commercial and multifamily solar they found additional land-use questions that should be addressed in code amendments. The temporary land-use regulation gives staff time to align zoning and interconnection rules; staff said single-family and townhome rooftop residential solar remain exempt from the pause.
Council voted to enact the temporary land-use ordinance by roll call and subsequently approved the six-month pause extension to give the city time to complete planning commission review and return with recommended code language. Staff expects to bring code amendments to planning commission and then back to council for action in coming weeks.
