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RECOMMENDATION OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Request: Special Use SU- 24-009 TPE IL CK58A, LLC and TPE IL CK58B, LLC Community Solar Arrays
Township: Rich
County District: 6
Property Address: 22132 Ridgeland Road, Matteson, Illinois 60443
Property Description: The Subject Property is 71.8-acre parcel bounded on the north by a freight rail line, on the west by unoccupied agricultural land, on the south by Sauk Trail and a tree service across Sauk Trail, and on the east by Ridgeland Avenue. The area is generally undeveloped agriculture. The closest residential development is more than 1300 feet to the east-the Las Fuentes subdivision-which has 25 homes built on approximately 80 lots, with the remainder of the lots undeveloped since the 2008 crash.
Owner: Amos & Lillian Stunkel Family Limited Partnership, 22132 Ridgeland Avenue, Matteson, IL 60443
Agent/Attorney: Special Use SU- 24-009 TPE IL CK58A, LLC and TPE IL CK58B, LLC Community Solar Arrays , Benjamin Jacobi Esq., 150 N. Riverside Plaza, Ste 3000, Chicago, IL 60606
Current Zoning: R-4 Single Family Residence District
Intended use: Applicant seeks a Special Use for Unique Use District to build and operate two separate commercial solar energy facilities. Each facility will have a nameplate generating capacity of five megawatts-alternating current ("MWac") for capacity of up to 10 MWac (together, enough to power approximately 2,000 average homes).
Recommendation: ZBA Recommendation is that the application be granted with conditions
Conditions:
1. Conformance with the Site Plan. The solar energy facility shall be constructed in substantial conformance with the revised site plan attached as Exhibit A ("Revised Site Plan"), including location of access roads, location of the point of interconnection, area where solar arrays will be installed, fencing, landscaping, vegetative screening, setbacks and the setback from Sauk Trail. This condition does not prohibit Applicant...
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