Agenda - 02-06-2018 5-a - Class A Special Use Permit – Solar Array off US Highway 70 in Cheeks Township

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141 Attachment 4 FINDINGS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD AND STAFF PERTAINING TO A REQUEST SUBMITTED BY OAKWOOD SOLAR FARM SOLAR LLC / ESA RENEWABLES AND MR. CARL AND HELEN MACE, ETAL REQUESTING A CLASS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT A SOLAR ARRAY - PUBLIC UTILITY ON A PARCEL OF PROPERTY OFF OF US HIGHWAY 70 FURTHER IDENTIFIED UTILIZING ORANGE COUNTY PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PIN) 9835 -02 -9137. As required under Section 5.2 Table of Permitted Uses of the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), a Class A Special Use Permit is required for the development of a solar facility. Such permits shall comply with general and specific standards as set forth in Section(s) 5.3.2 and 5.9.6 of the UDO. Section 5.3.2 (A) (2) of the UDO requires written findings certifying compliance with the following: (1) The use will maintain or promote the public health, safety and general welfare, if located where proposed and developed and operated according to the plan as submitted; (2) The use will maintain or enhance the value of contiguous property (unless the use is a public necessity, in which case the use need not maintain or enhance the value of contiguous property); and (3) The location and character of the use, if developed according to the plan submitted, will be in harmony with the area in which it is to be located and the use is in compliance with the plan for the physical development of the County as embodied in these regulations or in the Comprehensive Plan, or portion thereof, adopted by the Board of County Commissioners; In addition, the Board shall make findings certifying that the application is compliant with the following specific standards: (1) Specific standards for the submission of Special Use Permit applications as outlined within Section(s) 2.2 and 2.7 of the UDO, (2) Section 5.3.2 (B) relating to the method and adequacy of the provision of: a. Sewage disposal facilities; b. The adequacy of police, fire, and rescue squad protection; and c. The adequacy of vehicular access to the site and traffic conditions around the site; (3) Specific regulations governing the development of Solar Array as set forth in Section 5.9.6 of the LIDO, (4) The general findings outlined within Section 5.3.2 (A) (2). Listed below are the findings of the Orange County Planning staff regarding the application in question. The findings have been presented by Article and requirement to assist the Planning Board in its deliberations.