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Germantown board approves 35-acre Limekiln solar farm with conditions; plan commission had recommended denial
Summary
The Village Board narrowly approved a conditional use permit for a 35-acre, 6-megawatt solar energy system on Pioneer Road, subject to conditions including a year-round landscape screening plan, limiting herbicide use to spot spraying, naming the village on pollution liability insurance and prohibiting on-site lithium batteries.
The Germantown Village Board approved a conditional use permit on Nov. 3 for a 35-acre solar energy conversion system (Limekiln Solar) proposed for roughly 35 of a 54-acre parcel at N144 W12531 Pioneer Road. The applicant, 1 Energy, said the project would have approximately 6 megawatts of capacity and be capable of serving about 1,400 households.
Plan-commission recommendation and board action: The village plan commission recommended denial (4–2). At the board meeting the applicant answered questions about visibility, vegetation and decommissioning. The applicant and its attorney agreed to several additional conditions proposed by the commission. After…
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