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5 <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 <br /> station on two parcels of property, totaling approximately 52 acres in area, off of <br /> Redman 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. Zoning Atlas Amendment: In accordance with the provisions of Section 2.8 Zoning <br /> Atlas and Unified Development Ordinance Amendments of the Orange County <br /> Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), Mr. and Mrs. Don and Donna Easterlin <br /> have submitted an application seeking to rezone an approximately 12 acre parcel <br /> of property located at 5908 US 70 East in Eno Township: <br /> FROM: Economic Development Eno Low Intensity (EDE-1); Economic <br /> Development Eno High Intensity (EDE-2); and Lower Eno Protected <br /> Watershed Protection Overlay. <br /> TO: Economic Development Eno High Intensity (EDE-2) and Lower Eno <br /> Protected Watershed Protection Overlay. <br /> The parcel in question is currently split zoned with a Parcel Identification Number <br /> (PIN) of 0803-11-5662. Approximately 8.6 acres of the property is zoned EDE-2 <br /> with the remaining acreage (approximately 3.4 acres) zoned EDE-1. <br /> The property is currently utilized to support a Class II Kennel operation and a <br /> telecommunications tower. Kennels are a permitted use of property, subject to the <br />