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Plan Commission gives staff direction to pursue a middle‑option solar ordinance and use table, urges guidance on historic districts
Summary
Planning staff asked the Monona Plan Commission for policy direction on potential revisions to Chapter 480 to regulate solar energy systems; the commission favored a middle‑path approach and asked for a use table and historic‑district language.
Planning staff asked the Monona Plan Commission for direction on a prospective ordinance to regulate solar energy systems (discussion of possible changes to Chapter 480). Commissioners generally favored a middle‑ground approach — clearer definitions and standards without overly prescriptive product‑level rules — and asked staff to return with a redline ordinance, a use table by zoning district, and specific language for historic districts.
Alder Holpfist and planning staff framed three options: a detailed, broad option that defines system types and detailed siting/visibility standards; a…
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