CHAMPAIGN — A proposal from the city of Champaign’s planning department would allow large solar developments to be built in industrial areas but require special approval for other zoning districts.
The Champaign Plan Commission will consider whether to forward an amendment to the city’s zoning ordinance to the city council with a positive recommendation during its 4 p.m. meeting today.
The proposed change includes a new land-use category for “power generation facilities,” which are defined as standalone facilities with “the sole purpose of generating power.”
In discussing the need for the change, planning staff wrote that the city of Champaign has received an increased number of requests to build “large-scale solar arrays” in recent…
