The town of Amherst DOES NOT presently have a bylaw regulating large scale industrial solar development, but many towns in Massachusetts do. Here are some samples.
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• Athol Massachusetts (2021 revision) Pages 73 - 84
• Shutesbury Massachusetts (2016) Pages 53 -58
• Williamsburg Massachusetts (2021 Proposed bylaw changes)
• Easthampton Massachusetts (1995) Pages 7-23 to 7-29
• Leverett Massachusetts  (2020) Pages 58-66

 Solar Best Practice Guide Book - A Guide to Assist Municipalities with Solar Land Use Regulations

​Solar Siting Tools

• ​DOER Solar Site Evaluation Tool
• The Nature Conservancy Resilient Land Mapping Tool

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