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Planning Board July 11 , 2012 regular meeting in Attachment 3 CASE NUMBER: SU-A-2-12 FINDINGS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING STAFF PERTAINING TO A REQUEST SUBMITTED BY STRATA SOLAR AND THE BRADSHAW FAMILY PARTNERSHIP REQUESTING A CLASS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT A PUBLIC UTILITY—SOLAR ARRAY ON A PARCEL OF PROPERTY OFF OF WHITE CROSS ROAD PIN 9748-34-9639. Applications for a PUBLIC UTILITY are required to demonstrate compliance with general and specific standards as set forth in Section(s) 5.3.2 (A) and (B) as well as 5.9 of the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). Section 5.3.2 (A) (2) of the UDO requires written findings certifying compliance with the following: (1) The use will maintain or promote the public health, safety and general welfare, if located where proposed and developed and operated according to the plan as submitted; (2) The use will maintain or enhance the value of contiguous property (unless the use is a public necessity, in which case the use need not maintain or enhance the value of contiguous property); and (3) The location and character of the use, if developed according to the plan submitted, will be in harmony with the area in which it is to be located and the use is in compliance with the plan for the physical development of the County as embodied in these regulations or in the Comprehensive Plan, or portion thereof, adopted by the Board of County Commissioners; In addition, the Board shall make findings certifying that the application is complaint with the following specific standards: (1) Specific standards for the submission of Special Use Permit applications as outlined within Section(s) 2.2 and 2.7 of the UDO, (2) Applicable provisions of Article 3 (Dimensional Requirements) and Article 6 (Application of Dimensional Requirements) of the UDO, (3) Applicable landscape provisions detailed within Section(S) 5.9 and 6.8.6 of the UDO, (4) Specific regulations governing the development of individual Special Uses, in this case regulations detailed within Section 5.9.3 of the UDO, (5) Section 5.3.2 (B) relating to the method and adequacy of the provision of: a. Sewage disposal facilities, b. The adequacy of police, fire, and rescue squad protection, and c. The adequacy of vehicular access to the site and traffic conditions around the site (6) The aforementioned general findings outlined within Section 5.3.2 (A) (2). Listed below are the findings of the Orange County Planning Department regarding the application in question. The findings have been presented by Article and requirement to assist in deliberations.