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Airport land-use panel approves two industrial solar projects near March Air Reserve Base amid glare concerns
Summary
Riverside County Airport Land Use Commission unanimously found two industrial rooftop and carport solar projects consistent with the March Air Reserve Base compatibility plan, while staff and public speakers flagged cumulative glare and panel-type trade-offs and scheduled a workshop to examine long-term impacts.
The Airport Land Use Commission unanimously approved staff findings of consistency for two industrial development applications that include large rooftop and parking carport solar systems near March Air Reserve Base.
In separate votes the commission approved ZAP1627MA24, an application by Lowe's Home Center LLC with representative Green Skies Clean Energy to install a 229,227-square-foot rooftop array plus seven carport structures on an 18.5-acre site at 3984 Indian Avenue, and ZAP1629MA24, an application by Thrifty Oil Company with representative Johnson Aviation to build a 185,912-square-foot manufacturing building with a 151,440-square-foot rooftop solar system and eight carports on 9.89 acres. Staff planner Jackie Vega told commissioners both projects meet the relevant compatibility-zone intensity limits and that the projects do not exceed FAA obstruction height thresholds.
The staff glare analyses, prepared with Air Force…
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