Marshall County Solar Ordinance Moratorium

[Becky]

Original Post Made By: Facebook User David Herman, in the Facebook Group: Stop Solar Farms
November 28, 2020

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This moratorium (listed below) will expire in February, so we need someone from Northern Indiana to watch their local newspapers and/or county commissioners meeting schedules to learn and report an update on the Marshall County Solar Ordinance.

So if anyone on this board lives in that area, would you please contact me or make a post on this board, to make sure others throughout the state learn about the new regulations?

The Marshall County (Indiana) Commissioners imposed a moratorium on the development of Solar Farms on property within the county during their meeting Monday.

While the current zoning ordinance was approved in 2007 and revised in 2017 to add solar energy system standards, there was no consideration for Solar Farms which would be greater than 10 acres.

With large commercial solar energy systems or solar energy farms starting to develop in Indiana the commissioners feel it is necessary to explore and become educated about the systems and their potential impacts on county landowners.

With the passage of this moratorium, no new applications for solar energy systems greater that ten acres in size will be accepted by the Marshall County Plan Commission for 12 months while the Plan Commission considers and determines any potential amendments to the solar ordinance.

Click the following link to read the entire article: http://am1050.com/2020/175840/?fbclid=I ... ctggkeDadY