Proposed 1,300-acre solar field in Bath Twp. causes changes to FC zoning ordinance

By John Estridge Creating and implementing amendments to the county’s zoning code is sort of like watching a tennis match. The ball, which is the proposed amendments, goes back and forth across the net between the county’s Area Plan Commission and the county commissioners. Currently, both entities are trying to implement amendments to cover solar …

FC APC talks more about commercial solar energy operations; Bath Twp. residents ask APC to protect farmland

By John Estridge Some Bath Township residents attended the Wednesday, September 9, Franklin County Area Plan Commission meeting to express their displeasure about the possibility of a solar energy enterprise in that township. APC members have been trying to work out implementing zoning requirements concerning solar and wind energy as neither is addressed in the …