TO: Napa County Planning Commission
FROM: Brian D. Bordona, Planning, Building and Environmental Services Director
REPORT BY: Matt Ringel, Planner II
SUBJECT: Laketricity (DBA Dynamo Solar) Commercial Floating Solar Use Permit (P22-00340-UP), Zone Change (P23-00181-ZC), and Variance (P23-00268-VAR)
RECOMMENDATION
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EVA PAULY / LAKETRICITY (DBA DYNAMO SOLAR) COMMERCIAL FLOATING SOLAR FACILITY, ZONE CHANGE, AND VARIANCE / APP NOS. P22-00340-UP, P23-00181-ZC, AND P23-00268-VAR
CEQA Status: Consideration and possible adoption of a Mitigated Negative Declaration. According to the proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration, the proposed project would not have any potentially significant environmental impacts after implementation of mitigation measures. Mitigation measures are proposed for the following areas: Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forest Resources, Biological Resources, and Cultural Resources. The project site is not included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5.
Request: Make a recommendation to the Napa County Board of Supervisors regarding the following: 1) Adoption of an ordinance to rezone the developed portions of the project parcels (APN(s) 057-010-010 and 057-050-003) from the existing zoning district of Agricultural Watershed: Airport Compatibility (AW:AC) to Public Lands: Airport Compatibility (PL:AC); 2) Approval a Variance to allow construction of 42 transmission line towers at a height varying between 38.5-feet and 70-feet tall, whereby Napa County Code ("NCC") Section 18.104.120 establishes a 35-foot height maximum; 3) Approval of a Use Permit, subject to Conditions of Approval, for construction of approximately 56-acres of floating solar panels (approximately 63,840 solar panels) on top of two of the Napa Sanitation District's existing wastewater ponds to produce approximately 34.7 megawatts (MW) of direct current electricity, converted to 24.5 megawatts (MW) of alternating current ele...
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