A. Initiation of Tier 2 Renewable Energy Incentive District Sites. The designation of REID sites shall be considered for initiation by the board of supervisors at the request of the property owner, the planning and zoning commission, development services department, or other entity.
B. Criteria for Evaluation. Tier 2 renewable energy incentive district sites shall be evaluated for designation based on the following criteria:
1. Minimum site area of five acres;
2. The subject property has been previously disturbed, or is underutilized, or is a vacant property;
3. Lies outside of the conservation land categories established in the regional environmental element of the comprehensive plan, and any subsequent amendments:
Important riparian area,
Biological core management area,
Multiple use management area,
Special species management area,
Scientific research area;
4. Lies outside of the designated high sensitivity archaeological areas;
5. Lies outside of operating mining areas;
6. Is not on or within federally-owned land;
7. Is not located within lands owned and managed for conservation purposes nor within three hundred feet of such a property;
8. Is not located on a restricted peak, ridge, or steep slope as defined in Chapter 18.61;
9. Is not located within three hundred feet of residential structures existing at the time of site establishment;
10. Is not a designated common area, open space, or landscaping area within a recorded subdivision plat;
11. Is not parkland;
12. Does not support a high density of saguaros or ironwoods;
13. Is not tribal land;
14. Has at least one potential route and point of vehicular access to the site;
15. Lies outside of floodways, flow corridors, riverine floodplains, and sheet flood areas with one hundred-year flood depths greater than two feet as determined by the regional flood control district;
16. Additional criteria, as amended by the board of supervisors.
C. Public Notice and Hearing Requirements for Designation.
1. Board of Supervisors Public Hearing. A minimum of fifteen days prior to the hearing, the planning division shall provide notice by:
a. Publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county seat; and
b. Mailing written notice to all property owners of the proposed renewable energy incentive district site, as by the site's parcel boundaries, and all property owners within a minimum of three hundred feet of the proposed district site's parcel boundaries, except that notice shall be expanded to include owners of property within one thousand feet of the district site's parcel if existing zoning of the district is RH, GR-1, SR or SR-2.
2. Expansion of Notice. The board of supervisors may expand the notification area to greater than three hundred or one thousand feet, respectively, which shall be noticed prior to a public hearing.
3. Failure to Provide Notice. Notice is based on the ownership of the property as shown on the county assessor records. The unintentional failure to give written notice to a property owner or the unintentional omission of the name of a property owner shall not invalidate an action of the board of supervisors.
D. Map Notation. Tier 2 renewable energy incentive district sites shall be shown on county zoning maps by their underlying tier designation plus the suffix "REID-2."
(Ord. 2012-16 § 1 (part), 2012)