Solar

After months of increasing public awareness of proposed utility-scale solar projects for farmland, the Board of Wayne County Commissioners decided on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, by unanimous vote on resolution 2023-370, to prohibit the construction of Large Solar Facilities, Large Wind Farms, and Economically Significant Wind Farms in all of the unicorporated areas of Wayne County, Ohio, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 303.58 by designating all of the unicorporated area of Wayne County, Ohio, as a restricted area.

If you have any questions about the regulation of wind and solar farms, please email commissioners@wayneohio.org.

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