LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NELSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

In accordance with Volume 3A, Title 15.2, Counties, Cities and Towns, of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, and pursuant to §15.2-2204, §15.2-2285, §15.2-2310, the Nelson County Board of Supervisors hereby gives notice that a Public Hearing will start at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 10, 2024 in the General District Courtroom on the third floor of the Nelson County Courthouse located at 84 Courthouse Square, Lovingston.

Public Hearing(s):

1. Special Use Permit #24-0014 – Large Solar Energy System

Consideration of a Special Use Permit application requesting County approval to allow a Large Solar Energy System on two adjacent properties zoned A-1 Agricultural. The applicant is Wild Rose Solar Project, LLC, a subsidiary of Savion, LLC. The two (2) subject parcels included in this Special Use Permit application total 4646.8 acres. The Project is sited on a portion of the subject parcels that totals approximately 2470 acres (“Project Limits”). Within the Project Limits, the footprint of the proposed infrastructure or “Project Footprint” will cover approximately 550 acres. The subject properties are located at Tax Map Parcels #97-1-9 (4599.4 acres owned by Weyerhaeuser Company) and #97-A-29 (47.4 acres owned by Joe & Bobby Hickey) in the Gladstone area. The public hearing for Special Use Permit #24-0014 will take place concurrently with the public hearing for the proposed siting agreement.

2. Proposed Siting Agreement – Large Solar Energy System

Consideration of a Proposed Siting Agreement between Wild Rose Solar Project, LLC and Nelson County, Virginia, pursuant to §15.2-2316.8 in connection with a solar facility proposed by Wild Rose Solar Project, LLC to be constructed on the following Tax Map Parcels #97-1-9 (4599.4 acres owned by Weyerhaeuser Company) and #97-A-29 (47.4 acres owned by Joe & Bobby Hickey) in the Gladstone area.

Copies of the above files are available for review in the Dept. of Planning & Zoning office, 80 Front Street, Lovingston, Virginia, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., or the Office of the County Administrator, 84 Courthouse Square, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For more information, call the County Administrator’s Office at (434) 263-7000. EOE.

BY AUTHORITY OF NELSON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS