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Champaign County Zoning Board of Appeals met Oct. 27.

Here is the agenda provided by the board:

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call and Declaration of Quorum

3. Approval of Minutes – August 25, 2022

4. Correspondence

Note: The full ZBA packet is available online at: www.co.champaign.il.us.

5. Audience Participation with respect to matters other than cases pending before the Board**

6. Continued Public Hearings

*Case 057-V-22 Petitioner: Angel Corado

Request: Authorize a variance for the construction and use of an accessory structure with an average height of 17 feet 9 inches in lieu of the maximum allowed average height of 15 feet in the R-3 Two-Family Residence Zoning District, per Section

5.3 of the Champaign County Zoning Ordinance.

Location: A 0.46-acre lot that is the South Half of Lot 38 in Fred C. Carroll’s Subdivision of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the East Half of Section 9, Township 19 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Urbana Township, commonly known as the residence with an address of 1206 Carroll Avenue, Urbana.

7. New Public Hearings

*Case 067-AM-22 Petitioner: Anthony Donato, d.b.a. Donato Solar – Urbana LLC

Request: Amend the Zoning Map to change the zoning district designation from the CR Conservation Recreation Zoning District to the AG-2 Agriculture Zoning District in order to allow a data center as a Special Use in related Zoning Case 068-S-22 and a PV solar array as a second principal use as a proposed County Board Special Use Permit in related Case 070-S-22.

Location: A 13.62-acre tract in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 20 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Somer Township, commonly known as the farmland located on the northwest corner of the intersection of West Oaks Road and Squire Farm Rd, Urbana.

*Case 068-S-22 Petitioner: Anthony Donato, d.b.a. Donato Solar – Urbana LLC

Request: Authorize a data center as a Special Use Permit, subject to the proposed rezoning in Case 067-AM-22, and subject to the following waiver: Authorize a waiver from Section 6.1.3 of the Zoning Ordinance that requires a noise analysis to be performed for a Data Center. Location: A 13.62-acre tract in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 20 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Somer Township, commonly known as the farmland located on the northwest corner of the intersection of West Oaks Road and Squire Farm Rd, Urbana.

*Case 069-V-22 Petitioner: Anthony Donato, d.b.a. Donato Solar – Urbana LLC

Request: Authorize the following variance for the data center proposed as a Special Use Permit in related case 068-S-22:

Part A: Authorize a variance for 3 parking spaces in lieu of the minimum required 7 parking spaces, per Section 7.4.1 C.3. of the Zoning Ordinance.

Part B: Authorize a variance for no loading berth in lieu of the minimum required 1 loading berth, per Section 7.4.1 C.5. of the Zoning Ordinance.

Location: A 13.62-acre tract in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 20 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Somer Township, commonly known as the farmland located on the northwest corner of the intersection of West Oaks Road and Squire Farm Rd, Urbana.

*Case 070-S-22 Petitioner: Anthony Donato, d.b.a. Donato Solar – Urbana LLC

Request: Subject to the rezoning in related Case 067-AM-22 and in addition to the Special Use Permit requested in related Case 068-S-22, authorize the following additional special use permits:

A. A Special Use Permit for a second principal use; and

B. As the second principal use, authorize a photovoltaic solar array with a total nameplate capacity of 4 megawatts (MW), including access roads and wiring, as a County Board Special Use Permit and including the following waivers of standard conditions (other waivers may be necessary):

Part A: A waiver for not providing a Decommissioning and Site Reclamation Plan that includes cost estimates prepared by an Illinois Licensed Professional Engineer prior to consideration of the Special Use Permit by the Board, per Section 6.1.1 A.3.

Part B: A waiver for locating the PV Solar Array less than one-half mile from an incorporated municipality and within the contiguous urban growth area of a municipality per Section 6.1.5 B.(2)a.

Part C: A waiver for a separation distance of 97 feet between the solar inverters and the perimeter fence in lieu of the minimum required 275 feet, per Section 6.1.5 D.(6).

Part D: A waiver for not submitting a Landscape Plan with weed control plan prior to consideration of the Special Use Permit by the Board, per Section 6.1.5 F.(9)a.(b).iv.

Location: A 13.62-acre tract in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 20 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Somer Township, commonly known as the farmland located on the northwest corner of the intersection of West Oaks Road and Squire Farm Rd, Urbana.

8. Staff Report

9. Other Business

A. Review of Docket

10. Adjournment

* Administrative Hearing. Cross Examination allowed.

** Audience participation with respect to

http://www.co.champaign.il.us/CountyBoard/ZBA/2022/221027/221027_AGENDA.pdf