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Planning staff to move solar ordinance change to planning commission after state code update

6489440 · October 15, 2025
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Staff proposed a single‑sentence amendment to the county’s commercial solar ordinance to comply with a state law prohibiting local procurement or permit language that would effectively bar products manufactured outside the United States; the planning commission will consider the amendment and a joint public hearing is planned for December.

County planning staff told the Board of Supervisors that the Commonwealth passed a short statutory provision this year that prevents localities from using procurement, permitting or contract language to prohibit products manufactured outside the United States. That change conflicts with one sentence in Madison County’s commercial solar ordinance,…

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