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May 1, 2023 — Meeting Transcript
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Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the Plan Commission ARB for May 1st. If you have any electronic gadgets, please silence them at this time. And can we see who's online yet? Oh, okay. Okay, thank you. Yeah, thanks. We'll start with the roll call. Steve Lichtenfeld? Here. Carolyn Gatiss? Bridget McAndrew? Here. Bob Denlow? Here. Helen DiFate? Here. Kami Waldman? Here. David Gipson? Okay, we have minutes. I'm here too. Sorry, I'm here too? Yes. I don't know if you heard me. We see you online. Okay. Sorry. Go ahead. We have minutes from the previous meeting on April 17th. Are there any changes? Seeing none, do we have a motion? I'll make a motion to approve the minutes. All in favor? Aye. Okay. Thank you. We'll go on to a public hearing. which will be a text amendment and let's open the hearing. And Ana, I think you're leading off. Yes. So this is a text amendment that we previously discussed at a discussion session with the board. Actually, I think we believe we had two. So after we updated our renewable energy regulations recently, we've had a, dramatic increase in the number of applications for solar panels. I don't know that that's exactly due to our updated process, but it has been a positive outcome. So there are provisions within our adopted building and fire codes that allow for certain conditions when you could reduce the two-foot requirement for a setback of panels on a roof.
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