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Residents, wildlife groups press Nye County to deny or delay Dandelion solar project
Summary
Dozens of speakers at the Dec. 16 Nye County meeting urged commissioners to deny or delay the Dandelion solar proposal, citing zoning conflicts, opaque developer communications, undisclosed hydrology and wildlife studies, and requested setbacks that residents say the project would violate.
Residents and conservation groups urged the Nye County Board of County Commissioners to block or postpone the Dandelion solar project, telling the board the proposed site is not zoned for industrial-scale solar and that the developer has been inconsistent and insufficiently transparent.
At the public-comment portion of Tuesday’s meeting, Julie Tucker said the proposed array would sit 300 feet from her property in a zone that Title 17 and Nye County Ordinance 6.11 do not list for Tier 1 industrial solar. “Setback reductions, variances, or waivers do not convert a prohibited use into a permitted one,” Tucker said, adding she would “preserve all rights available under Nevada…
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