Bedminster makes changes to zoning ordinance
Bedminster supervisors approved a variety of changes to the township’s zoning ordinance, following a review that went on for more than a year. Among the more significant changes, “Commercial Solar Energy Facility” was added to permitted uses, with regulations and criteria applicable to “a utility-scale solar energy facility constituting the principal use of the property and designed to produce energy for sale to third parties.” Regulations were modified for an existing permitted use of “Accessory Solar Energy System” and for “Wind Energy Conversion System” permitted use. Other significant zoning changes included amending performance standards for protection of preserved farmland soils; requirements for buffer plantings; and regulations against odorous emissions “beyond the lot boundary line of the property from which the odors are being emitted,” and in the industrial district, “beyond the district boundary line.” The latter does not apply to agricultural operations.
Source: Bucks County Herald; 9/21/2023