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Commission backs reducing solar overlay acreage, recommends conditional map amendment
Summary
The Commission recommended the Board of Supervisors pursue a zoning map amendment to replace the existing 1,500-acre Solar Energy System Overlay with two overlay districts totaling about 1,200 acres, conditioned on Solicitor confirmation that the change would not invite a validity challenge.
Township staff proposed removing the existing Solar Energy System Overlay from the Zoning Map and replacing it with two new overlay districts that would together reduce the acreage available for large-scale solar from about 1,500 acres to roughly 1,200 acres. The Commission supported the concept but requested Solicitor confirmation that the process would not open the Township to a validity challenge.
Chairman John Hartzell moved and Vice-Chairman George Mauser seconded a recommendation that the Board of Supervisors proceed with the map amendment, conditioned on the Solicitor's confirmation; the motion carried unanimously. Vranich said the Solicitor confirmed preliminarily that adequate acreage remains, but the Commission wanted formal legal sign-off before the Board acts.
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