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rezoning. <br /> 1 <br /> There were no Board or public comments. <br /> Motion was made by Commissioner Hartwell, seconded by <br /> Commissioner Marshall to refer Z-6-88 to the Planning Board for a <br /> recommendation to be brought back to the Board of Commissioners no <br /> sooner than January 3, 1989 . <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br /> c. PD-1-88 University Station Associates - WITHDRLWN AT <br /> REQUEST OF APPLICANT <br /> 3. ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS <br /> a. Article 4 - Permitted Uses, Article 6 - Application of <br /> • Dimensional Requirements, and Article 8 - Special Uses <br /> (Electrical Substations) <br /> The Presentation was made by Mary Scearba. <br /> This amendment was proposed by the Piedmont Electric <br /> Membership Corporation and the request is to allow <br /> electric substations to be permitted by right in any <br /> zone. The Ordinance currently requires approval of a <br /> Class A Special Use Permit for all electric substations. <br /> The reason for the request is that the substation <br /> facilities are part of a larger infrastructure system <br /> for distribution of electrical power. Location is <br /> determined by need and there is little flexibility in <br /> where the facilities can be sited to meet demand. <br /> To learn more about the construction and operation of <br /> sbustation facilities in preparation for making a <br /> recommendation, i toured several facilities with <br /> representatives from Piedmont EMC and Duke Power. <br /> The Department recommendation is to permit by right <br /> substations which reach up to 100 KV, providing that the <br /> facility meets certain requirements. <br /> - - - <br /> Scearbo provided photographs which were representative <br /> of the size of 100KV substations. By comparison, the . <br /> _ Eno Tie Station, located at 1-85 and US 70 receives <br /> 230KV of power and would not be permitted by right under <br /> this proposal.' <br /> • Under current regulations all electrical substations-- <br /> require approval of a Class A Special Use Permit and • <br /> must meet certain requirements. It is required that'a <br /> site plan, elevation and landscape plan be submitted. <br /> • Standards of evaluation require that facilities in <br /> residential districts be screened where setbacks are <br /> less than 200' from property lines. Storage areas are <br />