From Franklin County Commissioners’ press release Franklin County Commissioners will hold an executive session prior to their public meeting Tuesday morning, May 18. At the public meeting, commissioners will discuss possible amendments to the recently adopted zoning regulations involving solar farm and wind farm business concerns. The former, solar farms, has been the most pressing …
Category Archives: solar farms
Commissioners unanimously approve zoning code amendments regulating proposed solar energy farms
By John Estridge It was ironic the Franklin County Commissioners unanimously approved an amendment to the Franklin County Zoning Code concerning solar energy farms Tuesday night April 20, as a freak snowstorm blew into the county. The irony, beyond having a late April snowstorm, is the commissioners and county attorney Grant Reeves seemed to sense …
Regulating proposed solar energy farms comes closer to reality following a FC APC public hearing, maybe
By John Estridge The process of approving a new section to the Franklin County Zoning Code to regulate solar energy farms is like watching a tennis match. Going back and forth between the Franklin County Commissioners and the Franklin County Area Plan Commission, the ball, which in this case is the proposed additional section, has …
Two UC women discuss the whys of their opposition to proposed solar farms in Preble County Ohio and Franklin County
By John Estridge At the current time, there are no solar energy farms in Union County either in operation or proposed. Two women who attended the Union County Commissioners’ meeting Friday, March 5, want to keep it that way and are concerned about two possible solar farms at the county’s borders. Tina Jackson and Traci …
Some UC residents concerned about transmission lines coming into county from Ohio solar energy project
By John Estridge With snow up to hips and cold weather to the wrong side of zero, it is hard to think about the sun, but solar energy was one of the topics of conversation at the Union County Commissioners’ meeting Friday, February 19. Preble County, Ohio, to the east, has a solar power project …
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 …