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Ada County reopens zoning deliberations on solar siting, directs staff to draft clearer farmland protections
Summary
The Ada County Board of Commissioners reopened deliberations on a zoning-code rewrite Oct. 14 to clarify how large-scale solar projects may be sited on agricultural land. Commissioners directed staff to draft objective exception criteria and tabled final action until Oct. 28, 2025.
The Ada County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 14 reopened deliberations on a proposed rewrite of the county’s zoning code to add clearer limits on utility-scale solar siting on farmland and directed staff to return revised language Oct. 28, 2025.
Commissioner (Speaker 2) said the county should “keep solar presales should not be located on … farmland of statewide importance, or farmland of local importance unless certain criteria is…
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