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42 <br />May 14, 2015 <br />Owners: <br />Mr. William and Carol Byron <br />1606 White Cross Road <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br />Attorney for Applicants: <br />Mrs. Beth Trahos <br />Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP <br />434 Fayetteville Street, Suite 2800 <br />Raleigh, NC 27601 <br />Project Engineer: <br />Mr. George Retschle, PE <br />Ballentine & Associates, PA <br />221 Providence Road <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27514 <br />NOTICE OF STAFF REVIEW AND COMMENTS: <br />REVIEW CLASS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT MATERIALS <br />1606 White Cross Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br />(Orange County PIN 9748 -32 -0786) <br />Dear Owners and Consultants: <br />On February 25, 2015 the Orange County Planning Department received a formal Class A <br />Special Use Permit (SUP) application package and Plans proposing a solar array - public utility at the <br />above location. The proposed facility will utilize approximately 20 acres of the 35.88 acre tract. <br />Approximately 11.5 acres of this area will contain the enclosed solar array panels. <br />Staff determined on March 11, 2015 that the materials submitted were sufficient to proceed with the <br />SUP process as defined in Section 2.7 of the Orange County Unified development Ordinance. On March <br />13, 2015 Orange County Planning Staff delivered courtesy review copies of the submitted materials to the <br />NCDOT District Engineer, Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro for professional review and comment. On <br />the morning of April 8, 2015, 2015 Orange County Staff presented the case before Orange County <br />Development Advisory committee (DAC), and on the evening of April 8, 2015 a Neighborhood <br />Information Meeting (NIM) was conducted. An additional neighborhood meeting was also hosted by the <br />applicants at the White Cross Recreational Facility on May 7, 2014. <br />