8.E) Supervisor Dunn Requests Discussion: Consideration of Additional Parameters Regarding Comprehensive Planning and Zoning for Public Utility Facilities
Is there a consensus among Board members to have staff research and offer additional parameters for BOS consideration regarding comprehensive planning for and zoning for public utility facilities such as facilities for the generation (whether by gas, coal, nuclear, geothermal, hydro, solar, wind, or otherwise) and transmission of electrical power, natural gas, and other forms of energy, telecommunications, and water and sewer, and for the general location or approximate location, character, and extent of such facilities? How are other counties addressing these issues? To what extent should different types of these facilities be “by right”, by Conditional Use Permit, or by other parameters? To what extent should the whole county or just a portion be used for different types of facilities? What should the guidelines be?