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4 <br /> Attachment 1 <br /> NOTICE OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> A joint public hearing will be held at the Department of Social Services, Hillsborough <br /> Commons, 113 Mayo St., Hillsborough, North Carolina, on Monday, February 24, 2014 <br /> at 7:00 PM for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for or <br /> against the following items- <br /> 1. Class A Special Use Permit: In accordance with the provisions of Section 2.7 <br /> Special Use Permits and Section 5.9.6 of the Orange County Unified Development <br /> Ordinance (UDO), Strata Solar and Stout Farm LLC have submitted a Class A <br /> Special Use Permit application seeking to develop a solar array/public utility station <br /> on two parcels of property, totaling approximately 52 acres in area, off of Redman <br /> Road between the railway and Interstate 85/40 in Cheeks Township. <br /> Strata Solar intends to lease the parcels, with Parcel Identification Numbers (PIN) of <br /> 9844-06-5971 and 9844-17-2687, owned by Stout Farm LLC to develop a 5 <br /> megawatt facility involving the erection of individual solar arrays. <br /> The properties in question are zoned Rural Residential (R-1), Upper Eno Protected <br /> Watershed Protection and Major Transportation Corridor (MTC) Overlay Districts. <br /> The properties are located within the Commercial Industrial Transition Activity Node <br /> (CITAN) land use category as denoted on the Future Land Use Map of the <br /> Comprehensive Plan and the Urban Designated Area as denoted on the Growth <br /> Management System Map. <br /> Purpose: To review the item and receive public comment on the application. <br /> 2. Class A Special Use Permit: In accordance with the provisions of Section 2.7 <br /> Special Use Permits and Section 5.9.6 of the Orange County Unified Development <br /> Ordinance (UDO), Sunlight Partners LLC, Kinetix Engineering and Shelia Bishop, <br /> Michael Bishop, and Annie Nunn have submitted a Class A Special Use Permit <br /> application seeking to develop a solar array/public utility station on two parcels of <br /> property, totaling approximately 50 acres in area, off of Mt. Sinai Road near <br /> Cascade Drive in Chapel Hill Township. <br /> Sunlight Partners LLC intends to lease the parcels, with Parcel Identification <br /> Numbers (PIN) of 9881-38-8874 and 9881-49-3072, to develop a 5 megawatt facility <br /> involving the erection of individual solar arrays. <br /> The properties in question are zoned Rural Buffer (RB) and are located within the <br /> Rural Buffer land use category as denoted on the Future Land Use Map of the <br /> Comprehensive Plan and the Rural Designated Area as denoted on the Growth <br /> Management System Map. <br />