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Planning Commission opens study of solar rules, reviews floodplain maps and upcoming comprehensive plan work
Summary
The Board tasked the Commission and Solar Facilities Committee to study possible solar ordinance and comprehensive plan amendments; commissioners identified topics including project siting, spacing, size, buffers for towns, prime farmland protections, and the percentage of county land for solar. The Commission also reviewed preliminary floodplain maps and solicited community input.
The Planning Commission on Aug. 3 began a countywide review of solar policy after the Board of Supervisors passed a resolution asking the Solar Facilities Committee, the Planning Commission and the Board to study potential amendments to the zoning ordinances, solar ordinance and the comprehensive plan.
Assistant County Attorney Drew DiStanislao outlined topics the Commission should study and discuss at its September meeting: project location; distance between projects; size of projects; a radius around towns; protections for prime farmland and prime timberland; and the percentage of county farmland to be…
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