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Florence council asks for local hearing after review of Boone County solar zoning amendments
Summary
Councilmembers reviewed Boone County Planning Commission's proposed zoning text amendments to regulate solar energy and battery storage; Florence planning committee tailored county draft and council voted 6-0 to hold a city public hearing before deciding whether to adopt the changes locally.
City of Florence councilmembers reviewed a package of Boone County zoning text amendments that would define and regulate solar energy systems and battery storage facilities and voted to schedule a local public hearing on the plan.
Todd Morgan, who presented the draft amendments to the council, said the Boone County Planning Commission's resolution (R24-36a) recommends amendments to the Boone County Zoning Regulations''including changes described in Article 40, Section 4000; Article 5, Sections 505.1''5; and Article 31, Sections 31.17 and 31.18''to "regulate and define solar energy systems and battery storage facilities and identify zoning districts where such uses are allowed." Morgan gave an overview of the draft code and highlighted requirements for rooftop, integrated, and ground-mounted systems.
The council's planning and zoning committee members said they had reviewed the county draft and added language they considered appropriate for Florence. "We've been looking at this for a while. We've met on it a couple of different times,"…
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