Elm Street NY Solar LLC has sued the town of Essex for denying a permit to build a 3.9 megawatt community solar array on 25 acres just west of the Lake Champlain hamlet. The suit does not ask for monetary damages, but asks the court to allow its project to move forward. The suit alleges the town planning board, which rejected the permit in a 4-2 vote in April, had no legal grounds for its decision and some board members had undisclosed conflicts…
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