The town's hot-button solar issue will take the spotlight Tuesday, as Town Meeting considers whether to block large-scale solar farms from residential zones.
Sponsored by 200 petitioning voters under the organization of Colleen and Joseph Noseworthy and Gloria Bancroft, the article applies only to ground-mounted solar installations with an output of 250 kilowatts or larger.
Under a bylaw passed last June, these projects are allowed "as of right," without requiring a special permit, in all town zoning districts.
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| Land owner Peter Hawes, left, and Borrego Solar senior project manager Joe Harrison on the solar farm off Old Reed Road in Dartmouth. |
Sponsored by 200 petitioning voters under the organization of Colleen and Joseph Noseworthy and Gloria Bancroft, the article applies only to ground-mounted solar installations with an output of 250 kilowatts or larger.
Under a bylaw passed last June, these projects are allowed "as of right," without requiring a special permit, in all town zoning districts.
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