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Public urges citizen advisory board after solar moratorium; commissioners defer to planning commission

Dearborn County Board of Commissioners · March 4, 2026
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Public commenters praised a recently adopted moratorium on solar-related ordinances and urged a citizen advisory board; commissioners said ordinance changes must originate with the planning commission and agreed to monitor the commission's progress.

Public comment at the Dearborn County commissioners meeting on March 3 focused on a recently adopted moratorium related to solar- and related land-use ordinances and calls from residents for a citizen advisory board to guide ordinance revisions.

"We'd like to see it done with the aid of a citizen advisory board, just as the comprehensive plan was done," said Bobby Rowan, a resident who identified his address as 12875 Benning Road. He told commissioners his group gathered roughly 2,300 petition signatures and urged…

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