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Residents raise property-rights concerns and question HB 52 coverage for Crossroads solar project
Summary
At a Morrow County commissioners meeting, a resident described visits to multiple solar projects and said petitions collected in Cardington Township express local opinion about the Crossroads project; commissioners explained that the board considers township resolutions where trustees have formally requested restrictions under House Bill 52.
A resident who identified collecting petitions in Cardington Township told the Morrow County Board of Commissioners that the signatures were intended as expressions of opinion about the proposed Crossroads solar project, not requests for immediate action. "The petitions aren't seeking any action. It's just opinion," the resident said.
The commenter recounted site visits to large solar projects and warned of local impacts and "enormous strain on our power grid" as demand grows, asking the board how property owners would be allowed to manage solar installations and what contingency plans exist. The resident said they had inspected projects in neighboring counties and noted differences in scale: one site described was about 1,300 acres, roughly "twice as big as what's gonna be going on with Crossroads." The attendee emphasized concern for property-rights and local control.
In response, the presiding official said the board's next step would be to consider resolutions sent by township trustees and that Cardington Township had not submitted a restriction request. "The resolution ... are those townships who have requested restriction for solar and wind, and Cargington [Cardington] Township did not do that," the presiding official said, explaining that the board acts on formal township trustee requests under the process discussed for House Bill 52.
The resident's remarks made clear the petitions were locally gathered and limited in geographic scope (Cardington Township and Cardington Village). There was no formal motion tied to the public comment; commissioners did not take immediate regulatory action during the meeting. The board directed no immediate vote and framed the issue as one they would address through the process of receiving township resolutions and subsequent agenda items.
