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Updated: March 11, 2026 @ 4:38 pm
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A parcel in Pokegama Township on Tigua Road is for sale pending approval of solar farm usage on agriculturally zoned land.
A parcel in Pokegama Township on Tigua Road is for sale pending approval of solar farm usage on agriculturally zoned land.
A public hearing will be held by the Pokegama Township Planning Commission to consider an application submitted by SolTek LLC for a conditional use permit to allow a solar farm on a 37-acre parcel in an agriculturally zoned district.
The property is located at 14305 Tigua Rd., Pine City and owned by Edwina Allee and John H. Mette, with an estimated market value of $122,900, and previously owned by Dwight and Carol Lightfoot.
Currently the Agricultural District’s purpose, according to Pokegama Township zoning documents, is “to provide a district which will allow suitable areas of the township to be retained and utilized in agricultural uses, prevent scattered non-farm uses from developing improperly, promote orderly development, and secure economy in government for public utilities and services.”
Permitted uses include, farm buildings, farm production, greenhouses or nurseries, tree farms, wildlife areas/preserves/parks, temporary or roadside stands of ag products, and single family dwellings. Conditional uses include commercial parks/campgrounds/shooting ranges/hunting preserves, commercial mining operations, cemeteries, kennels, and manufactured home parks.
Pokegama Zoning Administrator Gordy Johnson said the planning commission would have to decide if a solar farm is in line with any of the conditional uses.
The public hearing will be held on Monday, March 16 at 7 p.m. at the Pokegama Town Hall. The township encourages interested parties to attend the public hearing with any comments concerning the project. This would be the first non-private solar farm in the Pine City area.
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