GERMANTOWN, Wis. — A proposal for 35 acres in Germantown on Pioneer Road to become a solar power energy site was rejected by the plan commission after the community spoke out against it.

The plan commission voted against the conditional use permit application in a 4 to 2 vote on Monday night.

Robert Overmier is the landowner who is hoping to lease some of his farmland to One Energy Renewables to build a solar panel facility.

"It's just our way of helping out," Overmier said. "This, in my eyes, is just another method of farming, but in this case it's an energy farming, and I think it's great for everybody."

The Village of Germantown Plan Commission considered approving the conditional use permit for the clean energy project, but a number of community members spoke out against it.

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