The Court of Appeals of Minnesota (“Court”) addressed in a December 20th Opinion an issue arising out of a proposal to build two solar-energy production facilities (“Solar-Energy Facilities”). See In the Matter of the Application of Nokomis Energy LLC and South Garden LLC for a Conditional Use Permit, et al., 2021 WL 6010077.
The Court considered an appeal of McLeod County’s decision to deny conditional-use permits (“CUPs”) for the solar energy facilities.
South Garden LLC (“South Garden”) and Crane Garden LLC (“Crane Garden”) applied for CUPs to build separate one-megawatt solar-energy production facilities in McLeod County. Both the McLeod County Planning Advisory Commission and Board of Commissioners addressed the applications at public hearings.
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