| Meeting Date: |
December 6, 2017 |
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| Title: |
Comprehensive Plan Amendment Related to Renewable Energy |
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Comprehensive Plan Amendment Related to Renewable Energy |
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| Recommendation: |
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission authorize public hearings for the revised version of the proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. |
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| Summary: |
At the November 15th Planning Commission, the Commission authorized public hearings to consider amendments to the Comprehensive Plan related to renewable energy. The purpose of the amendments is to enhance the Comprehensive Plan with language that specifically addresses such uses as Solar Energy Facilities so that the Planning Commission has specific policies to refer to when conducting their Comprehensive Plan consistency review for future Solar Energy Facility applications. There was discussion about the general and subjective nature of the proposed policies in the Natural Resources and Historic Resources chapters. After the meeting, staff reviewed the Plan and found that those proposed policies are not critical to meeting the objects and, therefore, staff is recommending that the Planning Commission authorize public hearings that consider amendments only to Chapter 1: Introduction and Vision and Chapter 2: Land Use. Those chapters are attached and they remain unchanged from the November 15th meeting. |
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