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Ware County advances zoning-text and solar ordinance amendments to regular agenda, including battery-storage rules
Summary
The county proposed reducing group-development acreage where public water and sewer exist, adding a definition and conditional-use rules for utility-scale energy storage and removing a 10,000-foot spacing requirement between solar farms; staff said battery setbacks (about 1,000 feet) and battery type would be addressed at application time, and no public speakers opposed the measures.
The Ware County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 8 heard three proposed changes to county land-use rules and referred all three to the regular meeting for formal action.
First, the board opened comment on a proposed amendment to Section 904.1 of the Ware County Zoning Text to reduce the minimum acreage for group development from 10 acres to 5 acres where public water and sewer are available. No public speakers addressed that proposal.
Second, staff…
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