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During the March 23, 2017 PZC public hearing, a representative of an adjacent property owner discussed the culvert crossings item (see attachment 2). After discussion, the PZC understood that Public Works will determine the specific type of access route improvements that will be required (if any) during review and approval of the project's County right-of-way permit application. Based on that understanding, recommended condition #2 was modified to remove the specific improvement that was originally noted and to provide more latitude to the Public Works Department during the review and approval of the County right-of-way permit application. That condition #2 modification is incorporated into staff's recommendation that appears at the end of this report. An alternate project access route may be proposed, if necessary. If that is the case, then the applicant will need to obtain approval of any alternate project access route from Public Works, and the applicant will need to install all required improvements (if applicable), as determined by Public Works, prior to utilizing an alternate project access route for project construction traffic. Based on the project location and the status/ownership of the adjacent rights-of-way, right-of- way dedications are not required for the subject project. None of the adjacent rights-of-way are owned or maintained by the County. The project's driveway location, design, internal circulation plan, and traffic study have all been approved by Traffic Engineering. 7. 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 uses. 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. 8. Landscape Requirements: Based on the site's location, the project layout, the type ofproposed improvements, the status/ownership of the adjacent rights-of-way, and the land use designations of the adjacent properties, no landscape improvements are required or proposed. 9. Environmental Issues: There are two small, low -quality wetlands located on the project site. Those wetlands will not be impacted, and the proposed site layout provides the required wetland buffer/setback from the proposed solar arrays. Therefore, a County wetlands resource permit will not be required. No other environmental issues exist on the project site. 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. C-\Users\GRANIC—I\AppData\Local\Temp\BCL Technologies\easyPDF 7\@BCL@0006E03B\@BCL@0006E03B.docx 3 P150