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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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 …
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 …
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. …