Rice County board approves a solar interim use permit and denies a shoreline exemption amendment

Jan 27, 2026

The board approved an interim-use permit for a solar facility in Morristown Township and voted to deny a proposed zoning-ordinance amendment that would have exempted structures on licensed resorts from shoreline planned-unit-development rules; the DNR had recommended denial of the latter.

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Rice County planning staff presented several land‑use items Jan. 27, and the board took two substantive actions: it approved an interim-use permit for a proposed solar energy facility and denied a zoning‑ordinance amendment that county staff and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources recommended against.

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