From E-GROUP: The Project as a whole encompasses 477± acres, and will include two General Plan Amendments (GPA), two Rezones (REZ), a Development Code Amendment (DCA), a Conditional Use Permit (CUP), and a Development Agreement. The GPAs include 1) General Plan text and map amendments to add a new Renewable Energy land use district, and apply it to the northern 241 acres of the Project site on the Land Use Map, and 2) a General Plan map amendment to redesignate the southern 236 acres of the Project site from Rural Living (RL-5) and Single-Family Residential – Estate (RS-E) to Single Family Residential, 1 acre minimum (RS-1). The REZs include 1) adding a new Renewable Energy district, which also requires a DCA to create development standards and permitted uses, and applying it to the northern 241 acres of the Project site on the Zoning Map, and 2) a Zoning Map amendment to re-designate the southern 236 acres of the Project site from RL-5 and RS-E to RS-1. The Conditional Use Permit is to allow the solar project to be constructed on the northern portion of the site. The Development Agreement is to address community benefit responsibilities of the applicant. 

The applicant proposes the development of a commercial solar array on the northern 184± acres of a 477± acre site that is currently vacant, undeveloped land. The 184-acre solar array portion of the site is referred to herein as the “solar project.” The solar project will have the ability to generate 50 megawatts (MW) of solar power. The solar project will include rows of 720 ground mounted solar panel racks each 104 feet wide and 252 feet long, separated by 10 foot wide service/maintenance drives. In total, 160,000 solar panels will be installed on the site. The panels will be mounted on pilons, at a fixed 21 degree angle, facing south. A total of 170 inverters will be connected to the panels and consolidated throughout the project.  Power generated by the Project will be routed to on-site transformers, and then via an underground line routed to the existing Southern California Edison Carodean substation located on the south side of Two Mile Road, east of Canyon Road. The interconnection line will extend from the solar project’s south boundary down a new driveway (north of the existing Easy Street) to Two Mile Road, then westerly on Two Mile Road to the substation. No residential development is proposed as part of the Project.