After holding a public hearing on implementing a solar farm\u00a0 moratorium last Monday, the Stafford Town Board voted 5-0 to pass a 9 month moratorium that will prohibit solar farms and solar power plants from being constructed in the Town of Stafford.<\/p>\n
The five page moratorium will prevent solar companies from submitting applications for a permit to construct, establish use or operation of any land, body of water, building or other structure within the Town of Stafford for a solar farm or solar power plant.<\/p>\n
Several residents spoke in favor of the moratorium.<\/p>\n
“There are quite a bit of things we need to study,” says Bernard Corcoran.<\/p>\n
“These big panels make solar concentrated, which is quite a bit different. I would like to see us have time to study the issue.”<\/p>\n
“I am really for this moratorium to see if there are health implications or monetary implications and how this gives our town’s citizens something, not just a few people,” says Sandra Swanson.<\/p>\n
“We need to be able to regulate it,” says Stafford Town Supervisor Robert Clement.<\/p>\n
“I don’t want to see a solar farm put on productive farm land.”<\/p>\n
“There is some land in Stafford that is not good for anything, in my opinion that’s where a solar farm should be, at the bottom end of productive farmland.”<\/p>\n
Clement says he is not planning to create a committee to research the issue. The town is hoping to look into the subject using the Town Board and the Planning Board.<\/p>\n
“We tried using a citizens group for the fracking issue and that didn’t work so well.” Clement says unless someone in the town decides to come up with a committee, they will stay with the town board and planning board researching what to do during the 9 month moratorium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After holding a public hearing on implementing a solar farm\u00a0 moratorium last Monday, the Stafford Town Board voted 5-0 to pass a 9 month moratorium that will prohibit solar farms and solar power plants from being constructed in the Town of Stafford. The five page moratorium will prevent solar companies \u2026<\/p>\n