Lee’s new Clean Energy zoning bylaw gets first test after voter approval

Lee — On the heels of voters approving a new Clean Energy zoning bylaw last month, the Open Door Community Church is slated to test out the new provision with a request to construct a medium-sized solar photovoltaic installation on its 87 Summer Street property. The group filed a special permit application on October 6, within a week of the provision’s passage on October 1, for a project that would link multiple solar panels together to generate electricity. The Lee Planning Board scheduled a public hearing on the matter for 6:15 p.m. on November 23 at the Lee Town Hall Courtroom. The Open Door Community Church special permit application summary can be found here. What’s involved in the project? The request proposes to create a ground-mounted solar array and related underground utility infrastructure on a site that has already been developed within the church’s tract.

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