PLACEMENT: Public Hearings - Quasi-Judicial
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FPL WHITE TAIL SOLAR ENERGY CENTER FINAL SITE PLAN
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Florida Power and Light requests final site plan approval for the White Tail Solar Energy Center. The project includes the construction of a 74.5-megawatt photovoltaic solar energy facility (solar farm) and associated infrastructure on approximately 600 acres which is the north half of a larger 1,261-acre tract located on the north side of Citrus Boulevard about 8 miles southwest of Florida's Turnpike.
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: Peter Walden
Title: Principal Planner
REQUESTED BY: Lucido and Associates, Morris A. Crady, AICP
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PROCEDURES: Quasi-Judicial
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
This is an application for a major development final site plan. Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is proposing the construction of an unmanned 74.5-megawatt photovoltaic solar energy facility (Solar Farm) on approximately 600 acres located on the north side of Citrus Boulevard about 8 miles southwest of Florida's Turnpike. Included is a request for a Certificate of Public Facilities Reservation.
The subject site consists of approximately 600 acres which is the north half of a larger 1,261-acre tract. The property has been actively farmed for several decades and contains no natural wetlands or upland native habitat.
The subject property and parent tract have a future land use designation of agricultural and a zoning district designation of A-2. The surrounding properties are also designated agricultural and zoned A-2. The property is bordered to the west by the SFWMD C-44 stormwater treatment area and there are no residential uses or public roads adjacent to the property. The access for the property will be via an improved service path through the front +-600 acres. The front parcel will remain in agricultural production.
The site is outside of the urban services boundar...
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