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Urbana panel forwards renewed permit for solar farm on closed landfill
Summary
The Committee of the Whole forwarded an ordinance re-recording a previously approved special-use permit for a TotalEnergies solar array at 1210 E. University Ave., saying the earlier permit expired before building permits were pulled; the project is investor-owned and marketed as a market-rate community solar array, not an income-qualified installation.
The Committee of the Whole voted to send ordinance 2025-11-031 to the full City Council, re-recording a special-use permit for a proposed TotalEnergies solar farm on the city-owned closed landfill at 1210 East University Avenue.
Planning staff said the permit before the committee is the same special-use permit that the council previously approved in January 2023 but that the approval lapsed because building permits were not pulled within 12 months.…
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