5492 MDH; ZCC #41, Map #197; ZCC #59, Map #198 - Aero Energy by McIntosg & Associates (PP08266)

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Summary

SCH Number
2009021077
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
5492 MDH; ZCC #41, Map #197; ZCC #59, Map #198 - Aero Energy by McIntosg & Associates (PP08266)
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Grazining/A-1/5.5
Document Description
(a) A change in zone classification from M-3 (Heavy Industrial l) to M-3 WE (Heavy Industrial - Wind Energy ), from A-1 (Limited Agriculture) to A (Exclusive Agriculture), and from A-1 to A WE (Exclusive Agricultural - Wind Energy) or more restrictive districts; (b) A change in zone classification from A to A WE, from A GH (Exclusive Agriculture - Geological Hazard Combining) (b) To A WE GH (Exclusive Agriculture - Wind Energy Combining - Geologic Hazard Combining), from E (20) RS (Estate - 20 acres - Residential Suburban Combining) to A WE, from E(20) RS to E920) RS WE (Estate - 20 acres - Residential Suburban Combining - Wind Energy Combining), and from E (20) RS (Estate 20 - acres - Residential Suburban Combining) to A WE, from E (20) RS to E(20 RS WE (Estate - 20 acres - Residential Suburban Combining - Wind Energy Combining), and From E(20) TS GH (Estate - 20 acres - Residential Suburban Combining - Geologic Hazard Combining) to E(20) RS GH WE (Estate - 20 acres - Residential Suburban Combining - Geologic Hazard Combining - Wind Energy) or more restrictive districts. As proposed, the majority of the requested changes in zone classification are from either the existing are zone district to the A WE District or the incorporation of the WE (Wind Energy) District into the existing base zone district, on approximately 680 acres. The purpose of the WE district is to promote the use of alternative fossil fuel-generated electrical power in areas of the County that are identified as having wind resources suitable for producing commercial quantities of wind-generated electrical power. The request is intended to facilitate the generation of 64.5 megawatts of electricity from 43 wind turbines, which would not exceed 400 feet in height, located within the proposed WE District. Development would also entail construction of ancillary facilities, such as roads, one operation and maintenance building, one substation, and power lines to serve the project. This construction would be adjacent to already established WE zoning expected to generate an additional 22.5 megawatts (total 87 megawatts) from an additional 15 turbines (total 58 wind turbines) on land already zoned for wind energy development which would also include ancillary facilities, such as roads, an operation and maintenance building, a substation, and power lines to service it. In addition, California State law, Planning and Zoning Law Section 65860, and policies within the Kern County General Plan, Section 1.11 General Plan and Zoning Compatibility Matrix, Chapter 1 - Land Use, Open Space, and Conservation Element, page 76, require the consistency existing between the General Plan, which represents long-range public policy and the Kern County Zoning Ordinance, a set of specific regulations. A combined 327 acres which are part of the project parcels, but not included within the wind energy portion of the project, contain the existing A-1 District which is not compatible with the overlying 8.5 (Resource Management) map code designation. In keeping with State law and the goals and policies of the General Plan, the proposal includes a request to change the A-1 District to the compatible A District on the 327 acres.

Contact Information

Name
Michael Hollier
Agency Name
Kern County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency

Location

Cities
Tehachapi
Counties
Kern
Cross Streets
Oak Creek Rd. & Cameron Rd. & Tehachapi Willow Springs Rd.
Zip
93501
Total Acres
1007
Parcel #
multiple
Railways
Polyline
Airports
MountainVallet
Waterways
Los Angeles Aquaduct
Township
11N
Range
13,14
Base
SBB&M

Notice of Completion

State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, Cal Fire, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Resources Agency, Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
Development Types
Power:Wind (Megawatts 64.5)
Local Actions
Rezone
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire

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