York County and Silfab Solar took each other to court Oct. 16 in lawsuits filed 19 minutes apart that pose one question: whether a 2024 county zoning board ruling against solar panel manufacturing in light industrial districts has any legal hold on the company’s plant at 7149 Logistics Lane near Fort Mill.
Silfab’s complaint was stamped at 3:09 p.m. The county’s followed at 3:28 p.m. Both are non-jury actions under the state’s Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, which lets a court declare the parties’ legal rights without awarding money. Neither side seeks damages…