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Residents urge citizen advisory board after Dearborn County solar moratorium; commissioners point to planning commission role
Summary
Public commenters, citing a 2,300-signature petition, praised the board's recent solar moratorium and urged creation of a citizen advisory board. Commissioners said ordinance changes must start with the planning commission and recommended discussions with planning leadership about advisory-group structure and open-meeting requirements.
Several residents addressed the Dearborn County Board of Commissioners on March 3 about a recently adopted moratorium on certain development and the path forward for ordinance changes. Bobby Rowan, who said his group had collected about 2,300 petition signatures, told the board he supports the moratorium and urged formation of a citizen advisory board to draft ordinance language and provide organized public input.
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