File #: 20-042    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Presentation Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/9/2020 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 1/16/2020 Final action:
Title: Public Hearing on a Conditional Use Permit request for a 1MW Solar Garden.
Attachments: 1. 1 - Public Hearing Notice, 2. 2 - Public Hearing Mailing

Date:                     January 16, 2020

 

To:                     Members of the Planning Commission

 

From:                     Mikayla Schmidt, City Planner                     

 

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Public Hearing on a Conditional Use Permit request for a 1MW Solar Garden.

 

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Action Requested:                     

The Planning Commission holds a public hearing to receive comment on a proposed 1MW community solar garden project.

 

Summary Report:

Hyacinth Solar, LLC is proposing a 1MW solar garden project located west of the Northfield Hospital and Benedictine Living Community in Dakota County.  The parcel is owned by St. Olaf College, located within corporate limits, and the property is zoned A-S: Agricultural.  The project is adjacent to, and south of, the existing solar garden lying north of North Avenue/330th St. and west of the intersection with Eaves Avenue.

 

Notice of the Conditional Use Permit request was published in the Northfield News on January 1, 2020 and notices were mailed to surrounding property owners (of 350 ft.) on January 3, 2020.

 

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