File #: 25-120    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/4/2025 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 2/13/2025 Final action:
Title: 9:20 a.m. Public Hearing – Consideration of Major Use Permit (UP 24-14) Morgan Valley Temporary Met Towers to amend Major Use Permit (UP 22-06) Morgan Valley Temporary Met Towers to allow for a 6-year extension beginning August 25, 2024, and ending August 25, 2030. Applicant: Morgan Valley Wind Farm, LLC; Location: 25650 Morgan Valley Road and 10888 Rocky Creek Road, Lower Lake (APNs: 012-014-02 and 012-014-08).
Sponsors: Community Development
Attachments: 1. August 25, 2022 Staff Report and Approved Site Plans, and Photos, 2. Draft Conditions of Approval, 3. Agency Comments, 4. Public Comments, 5. Staff Report UP 24-14 Met Towers
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Memorandum

 

 

Date:                                          February 13, 2025

 

To:                                          Planning Commission

 

From:                                          Mireya G. Turner, Director

                                          Prepared by: Laura Hall, Senior Planner

 

Subject:                     Consideration of Major Use Permit (UP 24-14) Morgan Valley Temporary MET Towers to amend Major Use Permit (UP 22-06) Morgan Valley Temporary MET Towers to allow for a 6-year extension beginning August 25, 2024, and ending August 25, 2030; Applicant is Morgan Valley Wind Farm, LLC; sites located at 25650 Morgan Valley Road and 10888 Rocky Creek Road, Lower Lake (APNs: 012-014-02 & 08).

 

Executive Summary:

 

The applicant, Morgan Valley Wind Farm, LLC, is proposing Major Use Permit (UP 24-14) to amend Major Use Permit (UP 22-06), to allow for a 6-year extension to continue collecting wind data from four 197’ tall ‘temporary’ Meteorological (MET) on two parcels (APNs 012-014-02 and 012-014-08). With exception of two of the MET towers, all construction proposed in Major Use Permit UP 22-06 was completed in 2023. Confirmation was received from the Applicant on November 21, 2024, that the other two MET towers will not be constructed. The original use permit was approved by the Planning Commission on August 25, 2022, and a Notice of Exemption was filed on June 23, 2022 (Categorical Exemption [CE 22-12]). Construction of the MET towers was completed in 2023. Per the conditions of approval for Major Use Permit UP 22-06, the permit expired on August 25, 2024. The applicant timely filed an application in accordance with Section 60.33 of the Lake County Zoning Code, requesting an amendment Major Use Permit to extend the total life of the permit by six years (2024-2030). No modification to the approved plans or permit are otherwise requested.

 

Recommended Action: 

 

Staff recommends that the Planning Commission approve the project with the following findings:

 

A. Approve of Major Use Permit UP 24-14 with the following findings:

 

1.                      That the establishment, maintenance, or operation of the use applied for will not under the circumstances of the particular case, be detrimental to the health, safety, morals, comfort and general welfare of the persons residing or working in the neighborhood of such proposed use or be detrimental to property and improvements in the neighborhood or the general welfare of the County.

 

2.                      That the site for the project is adequate in size, shape, location, and physical characteristics to accommodate the type of use and level of development proposed.

 

3.                      That the streets, highways and pedestrian facilities are reasonably adequate to safely accommodate the specific proposed use. 

 

4.                      That there are adequate public or private services, including but not limited to fire protection, water supply, sewage disposal, and police protection to serve the project.

 

5.                      That the project is in conformance with the applicable provisions and policies of this Code, the General Plan and any approved zoning or land use plan.

 

6.                      That no violation of Chapters 5, 17, 21, 23 or 26 of the Lake County Code currently exists on the property.