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Butler County sets March 16 hearing on proposed moratorium affecting solar, wind and other developments
Summary
The Butler County Board on March 2 scheduled a public hearing for March 16 on a proposed development moratorium that would pause permitting for commercial wind farms, commercial solar farms, battery storage, data centers and landfills during a comprehensive plan update; Sandhills Energy will be added to the agenda for that hearing.
The Butler County Board of Supervisors voted March 2 to hold a public hearing on March 16 at 6:00 p.m. and a special meeting immediately afterward to consider a temporary moratorium on several categories of development while the county updates its comprehensive plan.
The Planning Commission, represented at the meeting by Chairman Roger Topil, recommended moratoriums on five project types: commercial wind farm energy systems, commercial solar farm energy systems, battery energy storage systems, data processing centers and landfills. Topil told the…
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