Obtaining a Commercial Solar Energy Facility Conditional Use Permit

Petition for Zoning Action & Fee Schedule

Required Information to obtain a “Commercial Solar Energy Facility Conditional Use Permit”

• Property Owner Name and Applicant Name (if different from Owner)
• Parcel Index Number
• Proposed Use of Building/Parcel
• 911 Address (If one doesn’t exist, please call 309-547-3911 to obtain one)
• Driving directions to the property
• Detailed Sketches of the proposed structures
• Proposed location of new structure on parcel (with approximate measurements)
• Name(s), Address(s) and Parcel Number(s) of all adjoining property owners and all other property owners within 250 feet in each direction, of the subject parcel. (This information can be obtained from the Fulton County GIS Map.“Information contained within this map is NOT a substitute for a title search or legal records search, Fulton County does NOT accept any liability of inaccuracies of data contained therein.”
• Purpose of proposed Special/Conditional Use, Variance of Rezoning
• Justification of proposed Special/Conditional Use, Variance of Rezoning
• Application fee is due at the time of submission.

601kW ‐ 2MW: $5,000

2MW and Above: $5,000 plus $1,000 per every MW over 2MW, not to exceed $250,000

• All other requested information contained on the form
• All requirements listed in the “Commercial Solar Energy Facility Ordinance” 

*Please contact the Zoning Enforcement Officer at Zoning@Fultonco.org for examples of prior submissions.