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Land Use vs. Zoning Use

April 30, 2025

Featuring Andrew Miller

What is the difference between a Zoning Use and a Land Use Code?
A zoning use refers to the allowed use of land under a zoning ordinance.
A land use code refers to the classification of the existing land use on a parcel of land.
Land use codes are generally categorized very broadly. In fact, many counties do not even have land use codes for many common uses such as solar or wind energy land uses.
If you believe the land that your renewables project is sited on may be over-assessed, please contact MPL.

About the Author

Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Managing Partner

Andy focuses his practice on renewable energy, business and real estate. Andy leads the firm’s renewable energy practice group. With a deep understanding of land use and local government law, he has been able to successfully represent multiple renewable energy project developers across Pennsylvania and other states to obtain site control and entitlements for their projects. Andy has wide experience across utility-scale, community-scale and net metering solar projects. He has been able to guide clients down numerous paths to project approval and enjoys the challenge of developing the right strategy for difficult approvals. He also assists many of the same clients with preliminary title and leasing issues related to existing and potential projects.

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