Linn County supervisors approve second reading of shortened solar moratorium

Linn County supervisors (L-R) Stacey Walker, Ben Rogers and Louie Zumbach listen to public comment on a proposed Linn County solar energy moratorium Monday, Oct. 3, 2022 at the Jean Oxley Public Service Center in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT
UPDATED: The Linn County Board of Supervisors has approved the first two readings of an ordinance imposing a moratorium on consideration of new industrial-scale solar and wind developments – but it’s not for a full year, as originally proposed.
Instead, the board, during a work session Monday, unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance that imposes a three-month moratorium with conditions that will allow the moratorium…

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