a) Amendment of Zoning Map No. 215, Zone Change Case No. 13; Amendment of Zoning Map No. 232, Zone Change Case No. 44; (b) Conditional Use Permit Case No. 13...
5 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019071059
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
a) Amendment of Zoning Map No. 215, Zone Change Case No. 13; Amendment of Zoning Map No. 232, Zone Change Case No. 44; (b) Conditional Use Permit Case No. 13...
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
6/5/2020
Document Description
The proposed project would facilitate the development of 128 megawatts (MW) of renewable electrical energy and/or energy storage capacity and up to 60 MW of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on approximately 2,285 acres of land, both publicly and privately-owned, across 196 parcels. The proposal includes: (a) Two (2) changes in zone classification from PL RS FPS (Platted Lands - Residential Suburban Combining - Floodplain Secondary Combining) to A FPS (Exclusive Agriculture - Floodplain Secondary Combining), on 66 acres or a more restrictive district (Zone Map 215); and from E (10) RS FPS (Estate - 10 acres - Residential Suburban Combining - Floodplain Secondary Combining) to A FPS, on 456.9 acres; from E (10) RS GH FPS (Estate - 10 acres - Geological Hazard Combining - Residential Suburban Combining - Floodplain Secondary Combining) to A FPS GH (Exclusive Agriculture - Secondary Floodplain Combining - Geologic Hazard Combining) on 2.7; from E (10) RS MH FPS (Estate - 10 acres - Residential Suburban Combining - Mobilehome Combining - Floodplain Secondary Combining) to A FPS on 10.1 acres; from E (2 1/2) RS FPS (Estate - 2 1/2 acres - Residential Suburban Combining - Floodplain Secondary Combining) to A FPS on 110.9 acres.
See NOD for full document description.
Contact Information
Name
Kathleen Krause
Agency Name
Kern County
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Agency Name
Big Beau Solar, LLC by EDF Renewable, Inc. (PP19161)
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Counties
Kern
Regions
Unincorporated
Other Location Info
Approximately 13 miles southeast of the City of Tehachapi and approximately two (2) miles northwest of the unincorporated community of Rosamond. The project sited is generally bound by Avenue of the Stars to the south, the intersection of 125th Street and Champagne Avenue to the north, 135th Street West to the west, and 105th Street to the east in the unincorporated eastern Kern County
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
County of Kern
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
Yes
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
Yes
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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