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Planning board highlights new solar‑ordinance language, urges caution on mega solar sites
Summary
Scotland County planning board members said the county’s updated solar ordinance preamble and the comprehensive land use plan give the board stronger grounds to recommend denial of major solar rezoning if a site is inappropriate.
Members of the Scotland County Planning and Zoning Board reviewed the county’s recently updated solar ordinance preamble and discussed its implications for large‑scale solar (utility‑scale) projects.
Board members said the new preamble explicitly directs consideration of character of zoning districts, suitability of particular uses and conservation of land value. They said that language, together with the county’s comprehensive land…
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