Aurora looks to annex potential solar farm property

The city of Aurora is looking to force annex an unincorporated pocket of about 40 acres on the far West Side to stop a proposed solar energy farm there. City officials have said the proposal for a solar farm goes against the city’s comprehensive plan that has long held that area to be estate-type, residential use. The city already has five such subdivisions west of Orchard Road that fit that category, and this is in line with those, officials have said. Aldermen already voted 10-1 to protest the use to...