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Residents urge York County Council to halt Silfab Solar permits, citing health and zoning concerns
Summary
Multiple Fort Mill residents, teachers and public-health researchers urged York County Council during public forum to order a cease-and-desist and revoke permits for Silfab Solar’s facility near schools and neighborhoods, citing zoning board decisions and an independent health risk assessment.
Dozens of Fort Mill residents urged York County Council on May 5 to revoke permits and halt operations at Silfab Solar’s manufacturing site near Flint Hill-area schools and neighborhoods, saying the facility is incompatible with its light-industrial location and poses a potential public-health risk.
The complaints came during the council’s public forum, where several speakers cited a Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) ruling, an independent health-risk assessment and local ordinance provisions as grounds to stop Silfab’s activity. “Silence is not neutrality,” Norbert de Kletta told the council, adding that residents repeatedly have followed the county’s public comment rules but seen no effective response.
Why it matters: Speakers said the facility sits close to school campuses and residential areas and that worst-case…
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