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Planning committee approves conditional-use permits and variances for two commercial solar projects
Summary
Iroquois County planning and zoning committee approved conditional-use permits and associated variances for USS Catrelli Solar LLC (≈3.32 MW) and USS Venus Solar LLC (≈9.19 MW), imposing conditions including 100% decommissioning financial assurance, landscape screening, drain-tile coordination, and emergency-response reimbursements before final building permits.
The Iroquois County Planning and Zoning Committee voted to approve conditional-use permits and variances for two commercial solar projects, granting preliminary approval while attaching a set of conditions intended to protect neighbors, drainage infrastructure and local emergency responders.
Jamie, a committee member who moved the Catrelli applications, said the panel approved USS Catrelli Solar LLC’s conditional-use permit for a roughly 3.32-megawatt facility on about 19.9 acres and a variance from the county’s living-buffer requirement. Roll-call responses recorded at the meeting were Ban yes; Willow yes; Bar yes; Hughes no; Ferguson yes. Jamie also moved the variance, seconded by Steve, which the committee approved.…
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