Petition to Require Zoning Rules for Industrial Solar in Lansing

Of course a zoning and environmental review should take place before any new infrastructure construction.

An impact study should definitely be done before any large solar projects are built. Zoning regulations should be developed as well.

I agree with Mike's concerns when considering installing Solar unit farms on beautiful farm land.

We need more solar. It should be mandatory for all rooftops instead of precious nature. Especially commercial rooftops.

I agree with all the issues listed with this petition.

Windmills take up less space.

Solar really? According to the New York Post’s story, Hunter Biden in 2015 introduced his Father, then VP in the Obama Administration, to a Top Exec Vadym Pozharskyi at Ukrainian Burisma Holdings Ltd after Hunter joined the company’s board which was Paying him up to $83,000 a Month. The insinuation is that Hunter Successfully Influenced his Father to Pressure Ukraine Government officials “into Firing the Prosecutor Viktor Shokin, who was Investigating Corruption against Burisma. Facebook and Twitter took action to limit distribution (censored) the New York Post story citing Emails purportedly Revealing Evidence of Influence-Peddling by Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden. The Emails were obtained from a Laptop which had a sticker from the Beau Biden Foundation, and had been Abandoned at Computer-Repair Shop, named “The Mac Shop” in Wilmington, Delaware and owned by John Paul Mac Isaac, who then reported the laptop’s contents to authorities which determined that the laptop and hard drive contain fruits of criminal activity. Joe Biden and his family engaged in "Legal Corruption" despite claims of no wrongdoing and the Liberal Main Stream Media Refuses to Talk and will never Report about Hunter Biden’s laptop and emails, fearing Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden will Lose the 2020 Election if this information is exposed to the American People. This is evidence that Joe Biden participated in his Family’s CASH-for-Influence Scheme with Shady Foreign Companies. The American People should be demanding that the Media investigate this scandal before they VOTE, but we know, the Media will never report on Hunter Biden’s emails because it would be harmful to Joe Biden.

While I strongly support the beneficial effects of solar energy on our local economy, air quality, and reducing the rate of global warming, large scale commercial projects as proposed must first be thoroughly reviewed locally and modified as needed to protect impacted town residents and preserve our town's landscape quality.

Serious consideration should be given to potential storm water volume that will be created by a solar farm of this size (consider possible chemical run off from cells). Erosion Control; a Re-Vegetation Plan and a comprehensive Storm Water Conveyance Channel System must be stringently reviewed by the Town, The DEC and the Army Corp of Engineers. The Corp will have jurisdictional authority over all designated wet lands in/around the proposed site and for storm water/silt flow to lake. Like others noted, I'm not against development or progress - it needs to be responsible and well conceived in order to protect the lake and our community. Proper - current zoning should be enacted to properly manage this type of development.

Solar energy is one of the alternative ways to fulfill our energy needs; the petition is a great way to get our community ideas into the discussion with the town; I want to add that the sludge from the old AES Cayuga coal burning plant needs to be remediated as part of the new owners obligations. I support the development of solar energy but as has been stated it needs to be done with community input and the petition should begin that process; hopefully more (virtual) meetings will follow as this project matures. Thanks for getting this going!

I ask that our Lansing town leaders be proactive and implement zoning that will protect the long term interest of the community. Large scale solar projects should not be characterized as farms, they should be reviewed and allowed much the way large industrial projects are done since that is what they are. They should be allowed with specific restrictions so that they can provide the energy we need, protection of the environment, and limit the impact on our residences.

Thank you for working to maintain the beauty of our town.

Thanks Mike, keep the discussions happening!

I support solar and want it installed in smart, community-friendly ways as described in the petition.

I feel that solar is an expensive and inefficient use of that space. Let’s find better places to put panels.

Lansing needs to be responsible and thoughtful with solar energy.

What will be the disposal method of the lead acid batteries that are used for back up on the solar arrays. I may be misinformed but believe they are lead/acid and last about 20 years. If true how will they be safely disposed of?

I support solar 100%, but local jurisdictions need to have a say in the airing of these projects.

No solar farms in Lansing!!!

Make solar energy RESPONSIBLE energy