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Dearborn County commissioners approve one-year moratorium on commercial solar, related batteries and data-center variances
Summary
The Dearborn County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 24, 2026, adopted Ordinance 2026-004, imposing a strategic moratorium (up to one year, beginning Feb. 2026) on processing commercial solar energy system applications, associated battery storage facilities and variance-of-use applications for data centers, following a favorable planning commission recommendation and with a public engagement process planned.
Dearborn County commissioners voted Feb. 24 to adopt Ordinance 2026-004, a strategic moratorium on processing certain commercial solar energy system applications, battery storage facilities associated with those systems and variance-of-use applications for data centers.
County staff member Andy, summarizing a planning commission public hearing held the night before, told commissioners the planning commission voted to forward a favorable recommendation to implement the moratorium and submitted a certification documenting the vote. "The planning commission did vote to forward a favorable recommendation to implement a moratorium on the processing, all processes related to solar energy system commercial as defined in Article 19, section 19.02 of our zoning ordinance, and…
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