Commission backs state-aligned solar ordinance; staff to draft battery storage rules
Rockingham County staff proposed OA26-0888 to reduce solar setbacks and remove acreage caps per state law; commissioners recommended approval while staff said a separate battery energy storage ordinance is being drafted to implement state accessory-use requirements.
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Planner Julia Cottrell presented OA26-0888, a staff-drafted revision to the supplemental standards for large and small solar energy facilities to bring county code into compliance with state statute. Ms. Cottrell confirmed the proposed setback distances are shorter than the existing ordinance and that acreage caps would be removed, consistent with the state requirement that localities allow projects to be considered through the special-use permit process.
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