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Residents urge stricter industrial‑solar rules; Flowers Solar asks board to reconsider denial
Summary
Public commenters urged the board to tighten ordinances on large industrial solar farms while counsel for Flowers Solar asked the board to reconsider an August denial, arguing that the earlier decision relied on incorrect distance measurements and misunderstood neighbor proximity.
At the public‑comment portion of the Sept. 17 meeting, residents and company representatives raised competing views on industrial solar development. Faye Donahue thanked the board for preserving Ring Station Battlefield and urged staff to draft more stringent ordinances to prevent large‑scale solar farms from altering county character.
Representatives for Flowers Solar (through attorney Steve Romine and company CEO remarks) asked the board to reconsider its prior denial of rezoning case P‑24‑2, arguing the August denial relied on mistaken facts — specifically, incorrect statements about how close panels would be to neighboring houses. Counsel provided distances and a handout to correct the record and requested the board grant a rehearing or reconsideration; county counsel noted applicants may refile a substantially similar application after six months. The board took no immediate action on a reconsideration request.
