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Planning staff previews contested 40-acre solar rezoning along Wilkesboro Highway
Summary
Iredell County planning staff said an applicant will seek to rezone 40 acres along Wilkesboro Highway to allow a solar energy facility; planning board recommended approval 5-4 amid roughly two dozen public opponents citing water, fire and erosion concerns. The item is scheduled for a public hearing at the county's 6:00 p.m. meeting.
Iredell County planning staff told the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday that an applicant will ask to rezone 40 acres along Wilkesboro Highway to allow a solar energy facility, after reducing an earlier proposal that sought rezoning for a much larger portion of the parcel.
The request, described by planning staff Jake as a change "from residential agricultural to a conditional district, solely with the addition of the use of a…
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