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In accordance with County LDRs, the applicant has submitted a project traffic study which has been reviewed and conditionally approved by Public Works. That conditional approval included an approval condition that all County culvert crossings along the project access route (for construction vehicles) shall be reinforced with 12 inches of asphalt millings installed over the culvert(s) for a distance of 50 feet each way from the centerline of each culvert crossing. Currently, there are no County culvert crossings along the proposed project access route, which is along 122nd Avenue, from SR 60 to the project site. However, an alternate project access route may be proposed, if necessary. Therefore, the applicant shall obtain approval of any alternate project access route from Public Works, and the applicant shall install the required improvements for any County culvert crossings, prior to those County culvert crossings being utilized for project (construction) traffic. The project's driveway location, design, internal circulation plan, and traffic study have all been approved by Traffic Engineering. 8. Off -Street Parking: The subject site will be an unmanned, restricted access solar energy center, and will be accessed only by authorized maintenance crews on an infrequent basis. The LDRs do not require permanent off-street parking spaces for such unmanned facilities. The proposed site layout provides adequate space for maintenance vehicles to maneuver and park within the site. Therefore, the project site plan provides sufficient parking area on-site. 9. Landscape Plan: The proposed landscape plan satisfies the requirements of LDR Chapter 926, including nonvehicular area landscaping and an adjacent properties buffer provided along the exterior perimeters of the on-site substation. All of the landscaping identified on the project landscape plan must to be installed prior to the issuance of a project C.O. 10. Stormwater Management: The applicant submitted a preliminary stormwater management plan that has been reviewed and approved by Public Works. That plan proposes to utilize the existing grove furrows/ditches to convey and treat the minimal amount of stormwater runoff that will be generated by the project. Prior to site plan release, the applicant must obtain a County Type "B" Stormwater Permit pursuant to Chapter 930 of the County LDRs. 11. Utilities: The project will be an unmanned facility, and will not include any bathroom facilities. Therefore, no well or septic permits are required or proposed. The County Department of Utility Services and the Department of Health have acknowledged that the site will not include any utility provisions, and have approved the associated project site plan. 12. Extended Roadway Grid Network: Per Policy 3.8 of the Transportation Element of the County Comprehensive Plan, the County must consider protection of the extended roadway grid network during the site plan review and approval process (see attachment 4). The applicant has depicted on the project site plan the extended roadway grid network for all potential extended roads that may cross the site at some time in the future (17th Street S W, 21 st Street S W, 110 Avenue SW, and 122nd Avenue SW). Please see attachment 6. Those potential extended road locations correspond with the proposed on-site stabilized access paths and are clear ofproposed solar panel arrays. Consequently, staff has confirmed that the subject extended roadway grid network is properly protected with respect to the proposed project. 13. Specific Land Use Criteria: Pursuant to LDR section 971.44(2), the following criteria for private heavy utilities apply to this project: C'\Users\GRANIC—I\AppData\Local\Temp\BCL Technologies\easyPDF 7\@BCL@F0050FF3\@BCL@F0050FF3.docx P187