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Brookfield planning board reviews SolSmart feedback on local solar rules
Summary
Members discussed recommendations from the SolSmart program that reviewed Brookfield's solar ordinance and identified potential changes to production limits, screening rules and permitting checklists; board agreed to study suggested edits and revisit at a future meeting.
The Brookfield Town Planning Board on June 9 reviewed written feedback from the SolSmart program on the town's solar ordinance and agreed to consider edits to make solar installations easier to permit while preserving neighborhood character.
The discussion centered on three areas: a production cap in the town code that limits how much electricity a system may produce, screening and setback language that can restrict placement, and the absence of an explicit solar-farm standard. Marshall Goldberg, a planning…
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