PENNINGTON COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 678 - A REPEAL OF TEMPORARY ZONING ORDINANCE #664 REGULATING ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IN ALL PENNINGTON COUNTY ZONING DISTRICTS

PURPOSE: The Pennington County Board of Commissioners determined in 2016 there was a present need to study the impact of alternative energy systems in all Pennington County Zoning Districts in order to evaluate whether current zoning regulations reasonably address concern for public health, safety and welfare; and

WHEREAS, SDCL §11-2-10 authorize the Board of County Commissioners, in the interest of public health,safety and general welfare,to adopt temporary zoning controls for a reasonable period of time in order to study,identify and consider necessary land use regulations. Therefore the Board of Commissioners adopted Ordinance #664 - A Temporary Zoning Ordinance Regulating Alternative Energy in all Pennington County Zoning Districts on April 5^th 2016 and it is set to expire on October 4, 2017; and

WHEREAS, An Alternative Energy Committee convened and produced an ordinance regulating alternative energy in Pennington County, SD. Said ordinance was adopted by the Pennington County Board of Commissioners on March 21, 2017 and became effective on April 26, 2017; and

NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED that the Pennington County Board of Commissioners hereby repeal Ordinance #664 - A Temporary Zoning Ordinance Regulating Alternative Energy in all Pennington County Zoning Districts.

Approved this 20th day of June,2017.

\s\ Deb Hadcock, Chair
Pennington County Board of Commissioners

 

First Reading: June 6, 2017

Second Reading: June 20, 2017

Publication: July 5, 2017

Effective: July 25, 2017