Sponsored by:
Senator BOB SMITH
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
SYNOPSIS
Permits location of certain wind and solar facilities in industrial zones.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the location of certain wind and solar facilities in industrial areas and supplementing P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A renewable energy facility on a parcel or parcels of land comprising 20 or more contiguous acres shall be a permitted use within every industrial district of a municipality.
For the purposes of this section:
“renewable energy facility” means a facility that engages in the production of electric energy from solar technologies, photovoltaic technologies, or wind energy.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would permit the location of certain renewable energy facilities in areas zoned for industrial use. The bill defines “renewable energy facility” as a facility that engages in the production of electric energy from solar technologies, photovoltaic technologies, or wind energy. Specifically, the bill provides that a renewable energy facility on a parcel or parcels of land comprising 20 or more contiguous acres would be a permitted use within every industrial district of a municipality.