Agenda - 5-a - Class A Special Use Permit – Solar Array off US Highway 70 in Cheeks Township

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203 PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director Current Planning 931 W. Margaret Lane (9119) 245 -2575 -- Suite D'I (919) 644 -3002 (EA) F COUNTY P. 0. Box 8181 www.oran!gecou¢ntync.gov NORTH CAROLINA Hillsborough, NC 27278 November 27, 2017 RE: NOTICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION MEETING - Discussion and review of a Special Use Permit (Class A) application proposing development of a Solar Array- Publ.ic Utility. To Whom It May Concern: Please be advised the Orange Bounty Planning Department has received a Special Use Permit application (Class A SUP) proposing the development of a Solar Array - Public Utility on a 27.3 acre portion Teased acreage) of a 521 acre parcel of property located off of US Highway 70. The application was submitted by ESA Renewables, Oakwood .Solar Farm LLC, and the owners of the subject property. This application seeks to re-approve o similar request, which was originally approved for a Class A SUP by the Orange County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) on September 12, 2010, but has expired. The Orange County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Section 27 ,12(D) states„ "The Special Use Permit shall automatically expire within 12 months of the of the date of approval if the use has not commenced or construction leas not commenced or proceeded unless a timely application for extension of this there limit is approved by the Board of County Commissioners as provided in Section 2- 7_ 13." The timeframe for this extension has also lapsed, and therefore the applicant is seeking to re- approve the request_ The property subject to the proposed development, further identified utilizing Grange County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 9835 -02 -0137, is located within the Cheeks Township of Orange County and is zoned: Rural Residential (R -1), Bach Creek Protected Watershed Protection Overlay District, and Efland Cheeks Overlay District (ECOD) Pre - designated commercial area. The property is accessible via are access easement through an adjacent property located at 6517 US Highway 70, (PIN) 9835 -10 -3053_ The easement area includes an existing driveway providing access to both 6519 US Highway 70 and the subject parcel. Please refer to the attaches! Site Assessment reap for additional site details.