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2 35 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Michael Harvey: Good evening. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Chair McKee: Good evening, again. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Michael Harvey: At this juncture, I'd like to ask everyone intending to offer testimony on this <br /> 7 item, to come up and please be sworn. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Those who were planning to speak were sworn in. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Patrick Mallet: Good evening Commissioners. I'm still Pat Mallet with the Planning <br /> 12 Department and I've been duly sworn. I'm going to skip through a few of these slides because <br /> 13 for the sake of avoiding redundancy and repetition. But the same rules apply, obviously, as <br /> 14 we've just discussed. But I did want to call your attention to this slide. This sort of highlights the <br /> 15 property in blue. The area and the limits of the Special Use Permit are defined roughly in red on <br /> 16 the aerial photo. The site is at the intersection northwest quadrant of White Cross Road and <br /> 17 Old Greensboro Road. The area here is the —just to orient you —this is the White Cross <br /> 18 Recreational Facility, which has been in existence for quite some time. The zoning is <br /> 19 agricultural-residential. It's in the Haw River protected watershed. Future land use calls for <br /> 20 agricultural-residential. Gross management system designation is rural. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Patrick Mallet made the following PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 23 <br /> 24 MAY 26, 2015 <br /> 25 AGENDA ITEM: C-3 <br /> 26 QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br /> 27 CLASS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT <br /> 28 DEVELOPMENT OF A <br /> 29 SOLAR ARRAY - PUBLIC UTILITY <br /> 30 <br /> 31 PROPERTY INFORMATION <br /> 32 • PIN(s): 9748-32-0786. <br /> 33 • Size: Approximately 35.8 acres. <br /> 34 • Zoning : Agricultural Residential (AR) Haw River Protected Watershed Protection <br /> 35 Overlay District. <br /> 36 • Future Land Use Map Designation: Agricultural Residential. <br /> 37 • Growth Management System Designation: Rural. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 REQUIRED REVIEW <br /> 40 Project involves the review of a Class A Special Use Permit in accordance with the provisions of <br /> 41 Section 2.7 of the UDO. <br /> 42 • Held in a quasi-judicial format meaning all parties, for and against the application, <br /> 43 provide sworn testimony as well as competent material and substantial evidence on the <br /> 44 merits of the proposal. <br /> 45 • Applicant has burden of demonstrating project complies with the provisions of the UDO. <br /> 46 • Anyone opposing the application is required to demonstrate through sworn testimony as <br /> 47 well as competent material and substantial evidence that the project does not comply <br /> 48 with the provisions of the Ordinance. <br /> 49 • Hearsay and/or unsubstantiated opinions are not considered sufficient testimony. <br />