Kidder Township supervisors have given conditional approval on a proposed solar farm.

Mora Solar plans to build a farm on Blue Ridge Real Estate land east of the turnpike. The developers of the project, on a remote parcel of approximately 500 acres, seek an amendment to the zoning ordinance to permit a large commercial solar farm.

Conditions include that such a large commercial solar farm will be on at least 200 acres.

Other conditions:

• Must be at least 500 feet away from any homes.

• Have the acceptance from the PJM power grid to take its output.

• Will already have a transmission line on or through the property.

• Will be under 2 miles from a substation.

• Will not exceed 50% impervious surface (current rules allow 70%).

• Will reforest the site after the project’s life span is complete.

Supervisors gave their conditional approval, and agreed to schedule a hearing for the public at a date to be announced.

Meeting change

Kidder Township supervisors will now meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month. That was a change from their decision during their reorganization when they voted for the meetings to be the third Wednesday. The new Tuesday meeting schedule will begin Feb. 22.

Also receiving conditional approvals were Hickory Run State Park’s plan to build new latrines at three existing and one new site, a two-lot combination for a Pocono Mountain Lake landowner, and a subdivision on the Mountain Laurel Resort property.

A request by the PennEast Pipeline company to withdraw its plan for a compressor station was tabled.

New solicitor

In other business, township attorney Casey Gillespie attended her last meeting, as she has accepted new duties with the Luzerne County courts that will make her unavailable. Supervisors voted to name attorney Robert Yurchak of Weatherly, to serve as the township’s attorney.