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Commissioner Keigher - Planning/Zoning - Parallel Conditional Use Permit: PCUP17-01 Gastonia Solar Center, LLC (Applicant), Property Parcel 139183, Located at 609 Neal Hawkins Road, Gastonia, NC, Request for a PCUP Zoning District from the (RS-12) Single Family 12,000 Square Feet District to a (CU / R-2) Conditional Use / Single Family Moderate Zoning District (PCUP), Essential Services Class 3 Facility (Solar Farm)
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STAFF CONTACT
David L. Williams - Planning Director - 704-866-3473
BUDGET IMPACT
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BACKGROUND
Chapter 5 of the County Unified Development Ordinance provides for issuance of a conditional use permit for parcels which have been zoned as a conditional use district. A quasi-judicial public hearing is required which allows for sworn testimony before the Board of County Commission and Planning Board prior to consideration of the Conditional Use Permit. Planning Board recommendation and Board of Commission approval or disapproval on parallel conditional use district map amendments, with recommendation on same by the Planning Board and final approval or disapproval shall be based on four findings (outlined in the ordinance) made on factual evidence provided through the public hearing process. Gastonia Solar Center, LLC, (applicant); request for a PCUP Zoning District for property parcel 139183 located at 609 Neal Hawkins Road, Gastonia, NC, from the (RS-12) Single Family 12,000 square feet District to a (CU / R-2) Conditional Use / Single Family Moderate Zoning District (PCUP), in order to allow the placement of an Essential Services Class 3 Facility (Solar Farm). Said property consists of approximately 34.59 total acres under rezoning consideration, located at 609 Neal Hawkins Road, Gastonia, NC in the Gastonia Township.
A joint public hearing was advertised for February 14, 2017. The public hearing was continued to March 28, 2017 to take sworn testimony relating to issuance of a conditional ...
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