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Motion to deny Halco solar setback variance fails after local opposition; status unresolved
Summary
The ZBA considered application 1215-25A for a 24.8 kW ground-mounted solar array within a 19-foot setback (50-foot required). Town of Huron and Town of Wolcott guests objected and letters were read; the board recorded a motion to deny, but the vote was AYES 0, NAYS 5, meaning the motion to deny failed. The minutes do not record a subsequent approval or final disposition.
The Zoning Board of Appeals discussed application 1215-25A from Halco Property Management / Hal Smith to install a 24.8 kilowatt ground-mounted solar array at 8472 West Port Bay Rd. with a proposed setback of 19 feet from the lot line (the Resort district minimum is 50 feet). Guests from the Town of Huron and the Town of Wolcott attended to oppose the installation, and Chairman Bob Lannon read letters of concern into the record.
Chairman Lannon asked the applicant, Hal Smith, whether he wished to address the board; the minutes state he declined. After the board reviewed the LWRP recommendation and completed findings of fact, Gordon Smith moved, seconded by Dalton Bean, "to deny the application as submitted." The minutes record the vote as AYES 0, NAYS 5, ABSTAIN 0, ABSENT 2 — a defeat of the denial motion. The minutes do not record a follow-up motion or a final approval; all correspondences were made available for viewing at Town Hall. Because the recorded motion to deny failed, the transcript does not establish an adopted denial or an adopted approval.
