CUP 3362: Allow a Photovoltaic Solar Power Generation Facility in the AE-20 Zone District
Summary
SCH Number
2013031037
Lead Agency
Fresno County
Document Title
CUP 3362: Allow a Photovoltaic Solar Power Generation Facility in the AE-20 Zone District
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Seasonal Cattle Grazing and Residential / AE-20 / Agriculture
Document Description
Allow a photovoltaic solar power generation facility with related improvements including one pad-mounted inverter/transformer unit, seven utility poles approximately 36 feet tall, two access roads/driveways, and a six-foot tall ranch "no-climb" fence partially located on a 19.6 acre parcel and a 26.7 acre parcel in the AE-20 (Exclusive Agricultural, 20-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District. The project will entail installation of 125 dual-axis trackers that will be connected via trenched in conduits approximately two-feet deep; and overhead lines across Wahtoke Creek. The proposed facility will connect via an overhead electrical line to an existing 12kV PG&E electrical distribution line located along the east side of Englehart Avenue which abuts the eastern property lines of the subject parcels.
Contact Information
Name
Derek Chambers
Agency Name
Fresno County, Dept. of Public Works and Planning
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Reedley
Counties
Fresno
Cross Streets
West side of Englehart Avenue, between American and Central Avenues
Zip
93654
Total Acres
46.3
Parcel #
333-300-32, 333-300-34
Airports
Reedley Municipal
Waterways
Wahtoke Creek
Township
14S
Range
23E
Section
36
Base
MDB&M
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency
Development Types
Commercial (Acres 46.3)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
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