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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 18, 2012 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-b <br /> SUBJECT: Class A Special Use Permit— Public Utility Station (Solar Array) <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. July 11, 2012 Planning Board Abstract Michael D. Harvey, Planner III, 245-2597 <br /> Package Craig Benedict, Director, 245-2575 <br /> 2. Additional Information Supplied by the <br /> Applicant at the July 11, 2012 Planning <br /> Board Meeting <br /> 3. Excerpts of Approved May 29, 2012 <br /> Quarterly Public Hearing Minutes <br /> 4. Excerpts of Approved July 11, 2012 <br /> Planning Board Regular Meeting Minutes <br /> 5. Letter from Applicant Accepting <br /> Recommended Conditions <br /> 6. Planning Board Recommended Findings of <br /> Fact <br /> PURPOSE: To receive the Planning Board recommendation, close the public hearing, and make a <br /> decision on a Class A Special Use Permit (SUP) request submitted by Strata Solar and the <br /> Bradshaw Family Partnership proposing the development of a public utility station, solar array, on a <br /> 53 acre portion of a 122 acre parcel of property in accordance with the provisions of the Unified <br /> Development Ordinance (hereafter`UDO'). <br /> BACKGROUND: This item was presented at the May 29, 2012 Quarterly Public Hearing. A <br /> summary of comments received during the hearing are contained within Attachment 1, the <br /> abstract from the July 11, 2012 Planning Board regular meeting. Staff will be introducing this <br /> document, and all attachments, into the record at the re-convened public hearing for the BOCC <br /> to consider as part of its deliberations. <br /> Planning Board Recommendation: At its July 11, 2012 regular meeting, the Planning Board voted <br /> unanimously to recommend approval of the project finding that: <br /> 1. The application has been deemed complete in accordance with the requirements of <br /> Section 2.7 of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). <br /> 2. The leased area of the property is of sufficient size to support the proposed solar array. <br /> 3. The proposed land use buffer complies with the provisions of Section 6.8 of the UDO. <br />