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

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227 Attachment 10 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS A meeting of the Orange County Board of Commissioners will be held at the Whitted Building, 300 West Tryon Street, 2nd Floor, Hillsborough, North Carolina, on Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 7:00 PM. At the meeting the Board will hold a Quasi - Judicial public hearing. Only persons with standing may participate as parties in Quasi - Judicial hearings. Quasi - Judicial Hearing: The purpose of this hearing will be to gather evidence to determine whether the ordinance's standards have been met. The Board must base its decision solely on the competent, material and substantive evidence presented during the hearing. The Board must exclude from consideration both their personal and the public's opinions. All interested persons are welcomed to observe the hearing regardless of their ability to participate. The Orange County Planning and Inspections Department provides a Special Use Fact Sheet online explaining the submittal and review process: http: / /www.orangecountync.gov /departments/ planning _and_inspections /SUP — Fact —Sheet . pdf 1. Application for a Class A Special Use Permit: In accordance with the provisions of Section 2.7 Special Use Permits (SUP) and Section 5.9.6 (C) Solar Array — Public Utility of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), ESA Renewables, Oakwood Solar LLC, and Helen and Carl Mace (the property owners) have submitted a Class A SUP request to develop a Solar Array- Public Utility on a parcel of property off of US Highway 70 within the Cheeks Township. The array will be located on a 27.3 acre portion (leased acreage) of a 52.1 acre parcel of property, further identified as Orange County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 9835 -02 -9137. Access to the array shall be through an adjacent property located at 6517 US Highway 70, (PIN) 9835 -10 -3858, also owned by the Mace family. The SUP, if approved, would encumber both properties to allow for the development of the proposed solar array. The properties in question are zoned: • Rural Residential (R -1), • Existing Commercial (EC -5) Approximately half of the 5 acre parcel (PIN 9835 -10 -3858) is zoned EC -5 with the remaining acreage zoned R -1. This is the property where the access easement for the solar array will be located, • Back Creek Protected Watershed Protection Overlay District, and • Efland- Cheeks Overlay District (ECOD) Pre - designated commercial area.