Pulaski County residents will once again be weighing in on solar farm development tonight. The board of zoning appeals will hold a public hearing over Mammoth Solar’s request for permission to install solar panels on almost 4,700 acres of farm ground. They would be placed in three separate sections in Franklin, Jefferson, Monroe, and Rich Grove townships.
In the application documents, the developers say it’s “a companion project to a previous special exception,” to allow them to provide additional setbacks to neighboring landowners and meet their commitments to the BZA.
Tonight’s BZA hearing starts at 6:00 EDT in the Pulaski County Highway Garage in Winamac. Comments will also be taken on Zoom, and the meeting will be streamed live on the Pulaski County, Indiana, Government Facebook page.
The Pulaski County Advisory Plan Commission held a separate public hearing last week on proposed updates to solar farm regulations, but the Indiana Senate is currently considering a bill that would shift that control from counties to the state.
