Baltimore County weighs restrictions on rural 'solar farms'
Baltimore County officials are weighing how to regulate solar installations in rural areas as farmers become increasingly interested in switching from crops to solar panels.
County Councilman Wade Kach said he plans to introduce a bill with a series of rules for the rural solar installations — often called "solar farms" — at a council meeting Monday.
"I want to get something in place that is reasonable, rational and as good as we can make it," said Kach, a Cockeysville Republican whose district includes the rural northern portion of the county.
Kach is proposing to limit solar arrays in rural areas to no more than 20 acres — or 50 percent of the property, whichever is less. The bill would also regulate how close solar panels can be from the property line, how tall they could be and the amount of landscaping required.
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