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 …
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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 …
FC attorney Grant Reeves explains proposed change to county’s zoning code regarding alternative energy systems
By John Estridge At the Franklin County Commissioners’ Tuesday, January 26, meeting, Franklin County Attorney Grant Reeves said there is much misinformation and rumor concerning the proposed zoning change regarding solar power farms in Franklin County. Thus, he wrote a one-page memo on the subject. There is a public hearing about the proposed changes to …
Solar farms coming to Whitewater Valley?
By John Estridge Franklin County Area Plan Commission members did not have any hearings on their agenda Wednesday night, August 12; however, they discussed several items they wanted to add to the county’s zoning code. And one of those was about solar farms. In the audience listening to the conversation about solar farms was Dr. …