The prospect of a new solar farm off of Ramsey Street seemed to have faded when the County initially denied Fayetteville Public Works Commission’s rezoning request in May. However, PWC proposed that the Fayetteville City Council annex the solar farm site into the city limit, and this was approved in August. Once that went through and the land was annexed into District 1, PWC was able to go forward with their next move.
PWC spoke before the Fayetteville City Council on Monday, Sept. 22, with the request that a parcel of land totaling approximately 40.5 acres be rezoned from Planned Neighborhood Development (PND, County) to Conditional Community Commercial (CC/CZ, City).
The parcel of land is located at 430 Carvers Falls Road across from ZipQuest Waterfall & Treetop Adventure Park. PWC aims to build a new solar farm on the land. ZipQuest owners and other adjacent landowners opposed this proposal, and voiced their concerns in May and continued to advocate for their side at Monday’s meeting…