Press Release - May 24th.

A Complaint for Declaratory Judgment was filed against the Pulaski County Board of County Commissioners on May 24, 2022, seeking to invalidate changes made to the UDO involving commercial solar projects, citing multiple violations of Indiana law and statute, as well as the County’s APC rules.  

In a public statement, Commissioner Chuck Mellon previously stated…it is his intent to remove the “burdensome areas” from the UDO in order to streamline the process for the solar developers.  The UDO changes eliminate and/or drastically weaken numerous requirements that previously existed, favoring solar developers.  One of the more significant changes to the UDO involved allowing commercial solar developments as a permitted use in all agricultural zoned areas. The prior version of the UDO required a solar developer to seek a special exception from the BZA following a public hearing. 

There was much opposition and concern voiced by the majority of the APC members at its initial public hearing on this matter, as well as from the public. 

Click Here to read the full Complaint.