An organization that had plans for a business photo voltaic power facility rejected by the Vermilion County Board is now suing the Board. Mural Energy LLC is asking the courtroom for a judicial evaluate of the County Board’s vote final month when it rejected plans to construct photo voltaic panels on a 1,400-acre farm. The land round Vermilion County is the hills of Jamaica and Vance.
Mural Energy LLC desires a judicial evaluate of the county’s vote to start inside 90 days. The firm claims it complies with the provisions of Illinois’ Commercial Wind Energy Facilities and Commercial Solar Energy Facilities Act.
Only six County Board members voted in favor of the challenge final month. Thirteen voted towards putting in photo voltaic panels on what some say is the most effective farm on this planet. Three members of the County Board abstained, and 5 weren’t current when the vote was taken.
Lawsuits have been filed in different Illinois counties the place boards have rejected comparable tasks. But some members of the Vermilion County Board took be aware of the wording of the ordinance they accredited in May of final 12 months. It mentioned: ”The resolution to grant or deny a allow software is on the sole discretion of the County Board.