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8 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 12, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. C.1 <br /> SUBJECT: Class A Special Use Permit— Solar Array off US Highway 70 in Cheeks <br /> Township <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Application Patrick Mallett, Planner II (919) 245-2577 <br /> 2. Site Plan Michael D. Harvey, Planner III (919) 245-2597 <br /> 3. Site Assessment Craig Benedict, Director (919) 245-2592 <br /> 4. Staff Review Comments <br /> 5. Neighborhood Information Meeting Notes <br /> and Mailing Certification <br /> 6. Draft August 3, 2016 Planning Board <br /> Minutes <br /> 7. Public Hearing Mailing Certification <br /> 8. Special Use Permit Findings of Fact <br /> including Planning Board/Staff <br /> Recommendations <br /> Under Separate Cover — Full Scale <br /> Copy of Site Plan <br /> PURPOSE: To hold a quasi-judicial public hearing, receive sworn testimony and evidence, and <br /> receive the Planning Board and staff recommendations on a Class A Special Use Permit <br /> (hereafter `SUP') application proposing the development of a solar array in accordance with <br /> Section 2.7 Special Use Permits and Section 5.9.6 (C) Solar Array-Public Utility of the Orange <br /> County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). <br /> BACKGROUND (PROCESS): A quasi-judicial hearing means that testimony is sworn and evidence <br /> must be competent and substantial. Hearsay or unsubstantiated opinions are not sufficient <br /> testimony. Board members are prohibited from engaging in conversations with anyone on the merits <br /> of project outside of the public hearing. Such conversations, commonly referred to as 'ex-parte <br /> communications' are prohibited. <br /> Decisions relating to the ultimate approval or denial of SUP applications are based solely on the <br /> sworn testimony of all parties with standing involved with the case, both those for and against, as <br /> well as the review of competent, material, and substantial evidence submitted during the public <br /> hearing. <br />