Agenda Item Name:
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Second Public Hearing to Adopt an Ordinance to amend the Unified Land Development Code related to Solar Facilities, Major Utilities and Car Washes
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Presenter:
Jeffrey Hays, AICP
Description:
An amendment to the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) to set standards for Solar Facilities, Major Utilities and Car Washes
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approve the proposed ordinance amending the ULDC related to solar facilities, major utilities and car washes.
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Prior Board Motions:
10/5/2021
Motion to:
1) provide for 75’ minimum buffer up to 150’ buffer adjacent to residential
2) remove exemption from 30% canopy provision
Motion passed unanimously.
11/9/2021
Motion to approve the proposed ULDC language and
authorize advertisement of the 2nd ordinance hearing and at the 2nd hearing staff is to
provide examples of what industrial solar would look like with tree canopy retention
requirements at 0% 10%, 20%, and 30% after 20 years. Request staff reach out and
provide more evidence/data from UF and other experts on the heat island effect and how to mitigate it.
Motion passed unanimously.
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
Sufficient funds exist to advertise public hearing in account 001.65.6500.554.49.04.
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Strategic Guide:
All Other Mandatory and Discretionary Services
Background:
The Board directed staff to prepare ULDC amendments related to Solar Facilities and Major Utilities to ensure consistency with recently enacted SB 896. The proposed amendments contain the revisions requested by the Board related to landscaping and buffers for Solar Facilities and Major Utilities. Staff has provided a review of relevant research in the potential for heat island effects of solar facilities as well as showing graphical representations of properties with different levels of buffers and tree canopy. Additionally, staff is proposing to correct an inadvertent inconsistency with the recently adopted Car Wash use which was added to the Code in the Fall of 2020.