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Commission denies Cook Foods' 5‑acre solar array after residents raise visual and precedent concerns
Summary
Harris County commissioners voted to deny a special‑use permit for a 5‑acre private photovoltaic array proposed by Cook Foods (Radiant Solar/Clay Gardner). Residents from Pine Mountain Valley and surrounding areas cited visual impacts, property value concerns and precedent for future expansion; the applicant said the project is privately funded by Cook Foods and limited by distribution infrastructure.
Clay Gardner, representing Radiant Solar as general contractor and stating he works with Georgia Power, presented a request by Cook Foods for a special‑use permit to build a roughly 5‑acre photovoltaic array in a former spray field behind the plant. Gardner said the array would disturb less than one acre, have buried electrical runs back to Cook Foods, include a roughly 50‑foot tree buffer and be sized only to offset a portion of Cook Foods' electric…
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