PLACEMENT: Public Hearings - Quasi-Judicial
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FPL SWEETBAY SOLAR ENERGY FACILITY MAJOR FINAL SITE PLAN (F109-002)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Florida Power & Light Company requests approval of a Major Final Site Plan for the development of approximately 271 acres of solar array panels, a 1.8 acre substation, and a 5.5 acre lake/borrow pit on approximately 566 acres located approximately 1 1/2 miles north of SW Warfield Boulevard (SR 710) on the east side of SW Allapattah Road (CR 609) in western Martin County.
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: Catherine Riiska
Title: Principal Planner
REQUESTED BY: Florida Power and Light Company
PRESET: 1:30 PM
PROCEDURES: Quasi-Judicial
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
The subject site consists of approximately 566 acres with a historical use of agriculture. The site contains improved pasture, limited areas of upland habitat, and approximately 79.8 acres of wetlands. The project proposes installation of approximately 271 acres of solar array panels, a 1.8 acre substation, and a 5.5 acre lake/borrow pit. Development of the project is required to demonstrate compliance with all applicable policies and development standards associated with the proposed use as a solar energy facility, which is a permitted use within the designated agricultural future land use and underlying zoning districts of A-2 and AG-20A.
The site has a designated land use of Agricultural and is zoned A-2 and AG-20A, and abuts existing agriculture to the north and east, SW Allapattah Road to the west, and an existing residential subdivision to the south. Two access points are proposed via SW Allapattah Road, and a landscaping buffer is proposed adjacent to the residential use to the south in accordance with Section 3.100.1.E., LDR, Martin County, Fla. (2018). This project is not located within or adjacent to an urban service district boundary and is proposed to be unmanned, so no utilities s...
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