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Kings County expands where commercial solar can be sited in AG‑40 zone with safeguards for high‑priority farmland
Summary
The board adopted Development Code Text Change No. 668.2 to allow commercial solar in the AG‑40 zone on medium‑high priority agricultural lands (still excluding high‑priority lands), subject to conditional use permits and CEQA review where required.
The Kings County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 18 adopted Development Code Text Change No. 668.2, amending section 11.12(b)(2)(a) of the county development code to allow commercial solar projects in AG‑40 zone parcels designated as medium‑high priority agricultural land under the 2035 General Plan, while continuing to prohibit projects on lands designated as high priority.
Planner Noel Tomlinson told the board the AG‑40 zone covers rural areas south of Kansas Avenue and excludes the urban fringe…
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