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Planning commission backs land-use change and 35-year interim permit for 4.5 MW solar farm
Summary
The commission recommended a comprehensive-plan map amendment and approved a 35-year interim use permit for a Nokomis Energy 4.5‑megawatt solar farm on 29 acres of a 40‑acre parcel owned by Eilers Garden LLC; staff cited no prime farmland, a DNR natural heritage review and a county-approved wetland no-loss determination.
The Sherburne County Planning Advisory Commission recommended a comprehensive-plan land-use map amendment and approved an interim use permit allowing Nokomis Energy to install a 4.5‑megawatt solar farm on 29 of 40 acres owned by Eilers Garden LLC.
Staff said the parcel is zoned agricultural, is not classified as prime farmland, and contains four wetlands. A wetland delineation was documented and a county “no loss” finding — accepted by the county’s technical evaluation panel — showed no proposed impacts to delineated…
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