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101 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director Current Planning (919) 245 -2575 (919) 644 -3002 (FAX) www.co.orange.nc.us 131 West Margaret Lane P O Box 8181 Hillsborough, North Carolina, 27278 May 9, 2014 Subject REVIEW of a Class A Special Use Permit application submitted by Sunlight Partners LLC and Shelia Bishop, Michael Bishop, and Annie Nunn to allow for the development of a Solar Array /Public Utility Station on 2 parcels of property located off of Mt. Sinai Road and Cascade Drive (PIN) 9881 -38 -8874 and 9881- 49- 3072). To Whom It May Concern- This letter is being sent to inform you that the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Planning Board have scheduled a joint PUBLIC HEARING to review a Class A Special Use Permit request, submitted by Sunlight Partners LLC and Shelia Bishop, Michael Bishop, and Annie Nunn (hereafter `the applicant') to allow for the development of a Public Utility Facility — Solar Array on 2 parcels of property totaling approximately 50 acres in area off of Mt. Sinai Road and Cascade Drive in the Chapel Hill Township of Orange County. The parcels are further identified utilizing Orange County Parcel Identification Numbers (PIN) 9881 -38 -8874 and 9881 -49 -3072 (please see attached vicinity map for additional detail). As detailed within the application, the applicants are proposing to erect individual solar array panels on the aforementioned parcels A typical array is 6 to 8 feet in height, with approximately 2 to 4 feet of ground clearance. According to the submitted site plan there shall be no structure erected on the property over 10 feet iii height, The arrays shall be screened by existing, and proposed, vegetation and an 8 foot high chain link security fence enclosing the perimeter of the actual leased site to prevent access Vehicular access to the site shall be restricted to driveway off of Cascade Drive. The applicant is not proposing to develop a business or other similar office facilities on the property. As a result there is no septic or well system proposed, or required, as part of the project. Staff has included an 8 %2 x 11 scale site plan providing additional detail on the proposed project The properties in question are zoned Rural Buffet (RB) and are located within the Rural Buffer land use category as denoted on the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan and the Rural Designated Area as denoted on the Growth Management System Map.