MUSSEY TOWNSHIP ST. CLAIR COUNTY ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS ORDINANCE #45 SMALL PERSONAL SCALE SOLAR AND UTILITY SCALE SOLAR ENERGY FACILITIES:

MUSSEY
TOWNSHIP
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
ARTICLE IX
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
ORDINANCE #45
SMALL PERSONAL SCALE SOLAR AND UTILITY SCALE
SOLAR ENERGY
FACILITIES:
Intent, Purpose and Objectives:
1. To establish guidelines for the construction and usage of Small Personal Scale Solar Energy Facilities.
2. To establish standards for the location, siting, installation, operation, repair, decommissioning and removal of Utility Scale Solar Energy Facilities that provide a demonstrated need for energy production in general and solar energy production in particular in the Township of Mussey, while minimizing any adverse impacts to the esthetic quality of the landscape, the physical integrity of the environment and ensuring compatibility with the land uses in the vicinity of the area affected by such facilities.
3. To establish a process for the reviewing and permitting of facilities in a manner that preserves and protects the health, welfare, safety and quality of life for the citizens of Mussey Township, while safeguarding and enhancing the economic viability and interests of the residents of Mussey Township who have made substantial financial investments in homes, farms, businesses and industry.
4. This ordinance is not intended to abridge safety, health, or environmental requirements contained in other applicable codes, standards, or ordinances. The provisions of this ordinance shall not be deemed to nullify any provision of local, state or federal law.
ADOPTION: Made and passed by the Township Board of Trustees of the Township of Mussey, St. Clair County, Michigan, on this 27th day of June, 2024 A.D.
1. Date of Public Hearing: May 14, 2024
2. Date of adoption by Township Board: June 27, 2024
3. Date of publication: July 10, 2024
4. Date Ordinance shall take effect: 15 days after publication
CERTIFICATION: I, Sheila McDonald, Clerk of the Township of Mussey, do hereby certify that Ordinance #45 was adopted by the Township Board at a special meeting of the Township Board held at the Mussey Township Hall on the 27th day of June, 2024.
Vote on the said Ordinance, 3 members being present, was as follow:
AYES: Standel, McDonald & Lewis
NAYS: None
Absent: Humphrey & Downey
I further certify that said Ordinance #45 adopted by the Township Board on the 27th day of June, 2024 was published once in the Tri-City Times, a paper published and circulated in the Township of Mussey, County of St. Clair, on the 10th day of July, 2024, this being the first and final day of publication of this Ordinance.
A full copy of this Ordinance can be obtained at the Mussey Township office during regular business hours or online at admin@musseytownship.org
Sheila McDonald
Mussey Township Clerk
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