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HOPKINTONÂ â Members of the Town Council last week approved three amendments to the townâs photovoltaic solar energy systems ordinance while rejecting a motion to reopen the public hearing in order to consider amendments to the farm viability ordinance. The Hopkinton Town Council voted 3-2, with Michael Geary and Scott Bill Hirst opposed, to approve amendments to Section 5 of Chapter 134 of the Zoning Ordinance, which impacts the district use table, and an amendment to Chapter 246 regarding non-residential photovoltaic solar energy systems. Geary and Hirst also pressed to reopen a public hearing to consider further amendments to the townâs farm viability ordinance, but were unsuccessful in garnering a third vote in support. ....