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Petition #: 4615
Committee Flow: Development Committee
Contact: Keith Berkhout 630-232-3495
Petitioner: Robert Matson, et ux (RPIL Solar 8, LLC)
Location: On the south side of Plato Road (west of Burlington High School), (04-24-400-024, 04-24-400-028, 05-19-300-011 & 05-19-300-015), Burlington and Plato Townships
Proposed: Special Use in the F-Farming District for a solar facility
2040 Plan: Resource Management
Objectors: Area property owners
Recommendations:
Regional Planning Comm.: N/A
Zoning Board: Denial with the following stipulations:
1. The Kane County Water Resources Department 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. If the peak flow for the site with the proposed development is increased, stormwater detention may be required for the development. Any required Stormwater Management will require a viable outfall and may require off-site work.
3. Should the site introduce more than 5,000 square feet 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. 80% vegetative coverage for plantings will be a requirement for the site.
8. The property contains Depressional Storage and Floodplain. Compensatory Storage for any fill must be designed by a Licensed Professional Engineer.
9. The property contains Wetlands. A Wetland Delineation will be required. Any impacts to the Wetlands will require Mitigation.
10. The Petitioner shall dedicate right-of-way to Kane County such that the Ellithorpe Road right-of-way will be 60 feet in width from the roadway centerline along the site’s frontage of Ellithorpe Road. The right-of-way dedication via plat or deed will be reviewed and approved by KDOT before it is recorded by the petitioner. The petitioner is committed to recording the dedication within 3 months of County Board approval of this petition.
11. The site is allowed one access point, to be formalized via an access permit by the Kane County Division of Transportation.
12. The petitioner will formalize an agreement with the Kane County Division of Transportation regarding dedication along Ellithorpe Road prior to construction of the solar facility.
Development Committee: Approval with the following stipulation to replace stipulations 10 and 12:
11. The proposed special use is approved contingent upon compliance with the Plat of Survey and Site Plan attached to Petition #4615. Deviations from the Site Plan incorporated in Petition #4615 requires approval in compliance with Kane County’s Zoning Ordinance, including but not limited to Section 25-4-8-3
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Petition # 4615 Petitioner: Robert Matson Trust (RPIL Solar 8, LLC)