Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors Agenda Executive Summary
The Planning Commission recommends approval of SUP18-0002 with conditions, 4-3 vote as shown in Resolution of Approval - Planning Commission Conditions.
Staff recommends adoption of Resolution of Approval - Staff Conditions. Staff strongly believes that the conditions are necessary for the project to meet the 8 Special Use Standards of Review and be consistent Comprehensive Plan in an on-balance review. The majority of health, safety, and welfare concerns with the project and the greatest potential for negative impacts on the community are during the construction phase. Once established, the solar energy facility should be a safe, clean, quiet neighbor.
The applicant requests special use permit approval on one parcel to develop a 30 MW solar energy facility on a 245 acre and Agricultural 3 (A-3) zoned property identified as Tax Map 28-A-58. The property is located in western Spotsylvania County approximately 650 feet south of the intersection of W. Catharpin Road and Post Oak Road. The property is located outside of the Primary Development Boundary. The property is identified for Rural Residential development on the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan.
The Planning Commission held a public hearing on December 19, 2018 and closed the hearing. The Commission voted to continue the discussion on this special use to January 2, 2019 and then January 16, 2019 so that staff and the County Attorney's office could prepare an amended version of conditions for the Planning Commission's consideration. The Planning Commission voted to recommend approval with conditions on January 16, 2019.
The Staff recommended conditions are different than the Planning Commission conditions. The substantive ways that the Planning Commission conditions differ from Staff’s conditions as follows:
Wanda Parrish, AICP, Planning Director
Packet items which are updated or new to the application since the Planning Commission's last meeting on January 16, 2019 are noted as UPDATED or NEW in the attachments.