C-ville Planning Board Approves Changes to Solar Moratorium – Town Board Set to Vote on Moratorium Tonight

During the Town of Cortlandville Planning Board meeting last night, the planning board voted unanimously to the changes in the proposed local law by the Town of Cortlandville to issue a 6-month moratorium for solar projects within the town.

The changes in the proposed law, which the Town Board sent to the Planning Board to review and make their recommendation for the town board were located in section 5, subsection D, where the proposed law removed naming specific solar projects that would be exempt from the moratorium. The revised language would now exempt projects which have received conditional permits for their project.

Planning Board member, Kenneth MacDonnell, voiced his strong support for the moratorium with fellow members agreeing.

The Cortlandville Town Board will look tonight to vote on issuing the proposed local law of a 6-month moratorium at 5pm at the Raymond G. Thorpe Municipal Building. A public hearing on the proposed local law was held during their previous meeting, which saw well over a dozen people voice their support and also their concerns on the number of solar projects the town has had in the past few years.

Additionally during the Planning Board meeting last night, the board tabled two solar projects, OMNI Cortlandville LLC. and Zogg East and Zogg West due to the board awaiting the Cortland County Planning Departments review and recommendations. The planning board did approve issuing a conditional permit, site plan approval, and their recommendation to the town board of the issuance of an aquifer permit for the solar project, DG Riley Road on several conditions.