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Petition #: 4645
Committee Flow: Development Committee
Contact: Keith Berkhout 630-232-3495
Petitioner: Dundee Renewables, LLC
Location: West side of Boyer Road, north of Huntley Road/Longmeadow Parkway, in
Dundee Township (03-06-300-002)
Proposed: Special Use Permit in the F-Farming Zoning District to allow for the
development of a commercial solar energy facility.
2040 Plan: Resource Management
Objectors: Village of Algonquin
Recommendations:
Regional Planning Comm.: Not applicable
Zoning Board: Approval with the following staff recommended stipulations:
1. Water Resources will require a stormwater permit for this development.
2. An Engineer’s report will be required. Should the site introduce more than 25,000 sq ft of impervious area or more than 3 acres of disturbance, stormwater detention will be required. This impervious area is calculated cumulatively since 2002 for a site as per the Stormwater Ordinance. The Engineer’s report must demonstrate that the peak flow for the site with the proposed development is not increased, stormwater detention may be required for the development to ensure this. Any required Stormwater Detention Management will require a viable outfall and may require off-site work.
3. Should the site introduce more than 5,000 sq ft of impervious, a BMP will be required for all impervious surfaces.
4. A calculation for disconnected impervious area, created by the panels, will be required. A Best Management Practice will be required to encourage infiltration of runoff within the site.
5. A drain tile study will be required, including upstream and downstream tile systems that rely on the drain tiles within the site. Water Resources is looking for the protection of the tile system that is in place, including but not limited to replacement in kind and observation and cleanout structures.
6. Plantings within the development will not interfere with drain tiles. Planting plan should address the placement of vegetation and trees with long root systems that can interfere with tile systems and cause off site issues including surcharged drain tiles and blow outs of the drain tile systems.
7. Soil samples shall be taken every 2 years from the site and analyzed for physical, chemical, and biological properties to demonstrate the soil health within the solar installations.
8. 80% vegetative coverage for plantings will be a requirement for the site.
9. A Wetland Delineation will be required. Any Wetland Impacts must be mitigated.
10. Any fill in depressional areas will require Compensatory storage. Including fill created by solar racking.
11. Floodplain, Wetland, Compensatory Storage, BMPs and Stormwater Management must be placed in a Conservation or Drainage Easement.
12. Applicant’s final site design shall accommodate a future expansion of the Boyer Road right-of-way of 50 feet from the current right-of-way centerline of Boyer Road plus the required 50’ setback from that point to nearest solar panels.
13. All new interconnection facilities to be installed and owned by the Applicant as part of the solar project shall be buried underground. This condition shall not apply to existing or new utilities installed or to be installed by any public utility including Com Ed.
14. The solar project driveway apron from the edge of the pavement to the right-of-way shall be constructed of concrete or asphalt.
15. The Applicant shall install vegetative screening as shown in the vegetative screening plan in the application and shall also install vegetative screening along the south lot line of the subject property.
16. Native landscaping including pollinator planting shall be provided for all landscaped areas within the fenced area of the site.
Development Committee: Approval with the recommended stipulations
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Petition # 4645 Petitioner: Dundee Renewables, LLC