Lengthy public comment on K Junction solar project; York commissioners set multiple setback rules and restrict large battery storage
After hours of public testimony, York County commissioners voted on a package of setback rules for industrial solar and restrictions on battery energy storage systems; they also scheduled a joint public hearing with Planning & Zoning on April 27 to gather further input.
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A prolonged public-comment period and several hours of debate over industrial solar land use dominated the York County Board of Commissioners’ April 14 meeting. Residents urged the board to adopt wide setbacks around nonparticipating homes, raised concerns about panel damage, toxic materials and fire risks from battery storage, and warned the project would convert prime farmland. Supporters of setbacks included local farmers, students and the zoning commission’s recommendations; OPD representatives and some participants said leases help keep family land in farm ownership.
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