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Nye County adopts solar siting ordinance after extensive debate over setbacks and decommissioning
Summary
After extended hearings and hundreds of public comments, the county adopted amendments to Title 17 to regulate commercial solar projects, setting siting setbacks, decommissioning-security reviews and a development‑agreement process requiring community consultation and impact mitigation.
The Nye County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 17 approved a revised ordinance establishing rules for commercial solar projects and other land‑use changes in the Pahrump Regional Planning District and elsewhere in the county.
Director of Planning Wagner walked the board through a long list of proposed edits to the draft zoning text: removal of wind-specific pages for separate later work, clarification of Nevada‑licensed engineering requirements, a five‑year review cycle for decommissioning security bonds, and mandatory consultations with the State Historic Preservation Office and federally recognized tribes for cultural‑resource review. He also described…
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