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Enterprise Energy, LLC. Solar Farm Site Plan and IUP <br />Page 7 <br /> <br /> <br /> 7 <br />Building and Impervious Surface Coverage <br /> <br />The AG zoning district allows for up to 35% of the lot area to be covered by impervious surface. <br />The applicant is not proposing to construct any buildings, and is proposing that approximately <br />3.91 acres of the approximately 12 acre site to be covered by impervious surface, including the <br />solar panels, access driveway, and concrete equipment pad. This coverage equates to roughly <br />32.6% of the lot to be covered by impervious surface, meeting the ordinance requirement. <br /> <br />Parking <br /> <br />Sec. 90-235 outlines minimum required parking for specific uses. Solar farms are not a specific <br />use that requires off-street parking. The applicant has stated that the access road will provide <br />enough space to park a maintenance vehicle during routine trips, without any further anticipated <br />vehicle trips per day. Staff is comfortable with the amount of space provided for parking in the <br />access road. <br /> <br />Landscaping <br /> <br />As previously stated, Sec. 90-278(d)(2)(f) and (g) require that ground areas within the perimeter <br />fencing of a solar farm not occupied by equipment or access paths be planted with deep-rooted, <br />native pollinator plantings and that the application include a vegetation establishment and <br />management plan (VMP) to be reviewed and approved by staff. The landscape plan and VMP <br />satisfy the IUP criteria for the solar farm as well as the requirements for a landscape plan under <br />Sec. 90-36(c). <br /> <br />Fencing/Screening <br /> <br />As previously stated, Sec. 90-278(d)(2)(e) requires that solar farms be enclosed by perimeter <br />fencing or adequate vegetative buffer for screening, with the primary form of screening being <br />plantings that are at least 6 feet tall at the time of planting. Staff is comfortable with the <br />applicant’s proposed landscape plan and the keeping of existing vegetation to provide an <br />adequate form of buffer for screening, with the conditions in the resolution. <br /> <br />Signage <br /> <br />The proposed solar farm shall include a sign listing the owner/operator of the system along with <br />appropriate contact information. Staff will review the specifications of such sign prior to issuing <br />a sign permit. The proposed solar farm does not include any additional signage for the purpose of <br />attracting attention or business to the site. <br /> <br />Stormwater Management <br /> <br />In general, the construction of the solar farm will not change how the property is drained. The <br />applicant’s grading plan utilizes a stormwater pond to capture runoff from the access driveway, <br />laydown area, and equipment pad in the northwest corner of the property. The pond’s outlet <br />directs stormwater into the wetlands where the property already drains runoff to the east. The