SALISBURY – Officials say they plan to bring proposed solar regulations before the Wicomico County Council early next year.
In a work session with council member last month, Planning, Zoning and Community Development Director Lori Carter and county attorney Paul Wilber presented an update on proposed solar regulations.
“Staff has been working with legal to develop legislation on solar,” Wilber said. “It will have to go to the Planning Commission, as required, and then from … it will come back here to the council.”
In 2020, Councilman Bill McCain brought the issue of solar development in rural areas to the council’s attention, arguing the importance of having regulations in the county’s zoning code before major solar energy projects came to Wicomico. And by August of that year, the council agreed to explore potential solar regulations with the county’s planning and zoning department.
“A lot of companies coming here want to know what the playing field is,” Councilman John Cannon said at the time. “I think it’s important to establish that to a certain degree.”