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Commissioners debate scope of solar zoning ordinance after drafters' concern it protects property lines not residents
Summary
A county commissioner said the recently adopted solar zoning ordinance measures setbacks from property lines rather than "nonparticipating" residences, a difference she said could effectively limit large solar fields in Daviess County; no change was made at the meeting.
A lengthy discussion at the Feb. 24 Daviess County commissioners meeting centered on the new solar zoning ordinance and whether the rules reflect the drafting group's intent to protect existing nonparticipating residents.
A county commissioner who said she had worked on the ordinance from the start told colleagues she believed the rule was intended to create setbacks measured from existing residences, not from property lines. "If…
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