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

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45 HEnu Project #201603 March 1, 2116 1972 Aerial Photograph - Cleared land and a man -made pond are visible on the southern portion of the site. Residential development is underway on lands east of the site, The remainder of the site and surrounding properties appear similar to the 1966 photograph_ 1982 Aerial Photograph - A man -made ponds is visible on the northeast portion of the site. The majority of the site appears to be in a pastoral setting, mace Grading Company, Inc. appears to occupy the adjoining property to the southeast. Increased residential development is visible along Highway 70. The surrounding properties appear similar to the 1972 pliatograph_ 1993 Aerial Photograph - The site is Brooded. Mace Grading Company, Inc. appears to have encompassed additional land to the southeast. Industrial buildings are visible on lands located south of Highway 70. Surrounding properties to the north, east, and west appear similar to the 1982 photograph, 2008 Aerial Photograph - The site is wooded. A man-made pond is visible on the northwest portion of the site. The pond on the northeast portion of the site has been drainer!. The pond on the southern portion of the site has been ,partially drained. The surrounding properties appear similar to the 1993 photograph, 2013 Aerial Photograph -= The site is cleared (trees rernoved for silvicul.tural purposes). The southeastern portion of the site appears to be utilized as a ataging area for dace Grading Company, Inc. The ponds on the southern and northwestern portions of the site are bank full_ The surrounding properties appear similar to the 2008 photograph_ VIIIA. Historical Topographic gaps Topographic wraps prepared by USGS utilize asserted mapping symbols and shapes to help determine the Iocatlon of past and present buildings and land use types (Appendix E), Historical topographlc maps were reviewed to help ascertain the past use of the site. A review of the site physiography is discussed in Section 1113 of this report. U GS, Efland, North Carolina, 7.5- Minute Topographic Quadrangle, dated 1968 The central portion of the site is mapped as cleared land, Wooded land is located on the northeastern, southern, and northwestern portions of the site. A man-made pond is depicted on the southern portion of the site. Wooded land, agricultural land, and residential dwellings are mapped throughout the site vicinity_ Highway 70 is located approximately 450 feet south of the site. VIII.5. Additional Historical Resource AdditionaE historical records were not reviewed during the scope of this report, Ix. INTERVIEWS On February 26, 2016, HEnv conducted a telephone interview with Mr. Carl Mace, the current owner of the site. Mr. Mace has over 50 years knowledge of the site and surrounding properties. Mr. Mace acquired the property from his paternal family in the early 1970s. Mr. Mace indicated the site was planted with soy beans during his youth, and was 'later used as caw pasture until the 1980s. The site was used for silvicultural 16