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Commission to reconvene on zoning and conditional-use rules after debate over 3% industrial fee and battery-storage permit
Summary
Commissioners, staff and residents debated implementing a previously discussed 3% industrial conditional‑use fee and whether existing zoning language covers large battery‑storage and energy projects on agricultural land.
A lengthy discussion and public comment session focused on the county’s conditional‑use permitting process and a previously proposed fee structure for large industrial projects. Presenters and multiple residents said the commission had earlier adopted a policy or motion that would assess a 3% fee on the total project cost for industrial projects within county boundaries; they said the amendment had not been fully implemented in the county’s ordinance or fee schedule and urged the commission to finish the work.
Several residents and a landowner argued that charging only a modest flat application fee (participants…
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