Florence continues to attract solar power

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With one major solar ranch operating in the northern town limits and another under construction south of Anthem, the Florence Town Council is laying the groundwork for a third.

The council held a public hearing and heard the first reading of an ordinance to rezone 282 acres from “R1-R” single-residential ranchette to “PUD” planned unit development at the council’s Sept. 8 meeting.

The rezoning would permit development of a photovoltaic solar facility between Diversion Dam Road on the south, Padilla Road to the west, the Quail Run Road alignment to the east, and the Bonnybrooke Road alignment to the north.

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