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Monroe County adopts development ordinance changes; small modular nuclear reactors banned, battery storage permitted conditionally
Summary
The board unanimously adopted Ordinance 2026-15 to update the County Development Ordinance: correcting scrivener errors, aligning with state code, permitting schools in all zones, banning small modular nuclear reactors, and creating conditional standards for battery energy storage systems including decommissioning, noise and drainage requirements.
The Monroe County Board of Commissioners approved a package of text amendments to the County Development Ordinance on May 14 that revise use tables, correct scrivener errors and add new standards for certain energy technologies.
Kirben, acting director of the Planning Department, presented the amendments and said the Plan Commission had recommended the changes 6–0. She told commissioners the edits range from minor text fixes to substantive policy changes: the amendments will allow schools as a permitted use in…
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