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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZTA201600001 Application 2016-01-12Zunka,Mllnor a Carter Fax:434--977 -0918 FOR OFFICE USE ONLY ZTA # Fee Amount $ Date Paid 13y vVho? Application for Zoning Text Amendment Nov 24 2015 04:01pm P002/003 Receipt Ck#� L Before the completion of this application, o preliminary conference should be held with Planning Staff & Zoning Administrator. A copy of the review schedule will be provided. 0 Zoning Text Amendment = $.1075 To be paid after staff review for ublic notice: Most applications for a Zoning Text Amendment require at least one public hearing by the Planning Commission and one public hearing by the Board of Supervisors. 'Virginia State Code requires that notice for public hearings be made by publishing a legal advertisement in the newspaper. Therefore, at least t4vo fees for public notice are required before a Zoning Text:Am'endment-may be heard by the Board of Supervisors. The total fee for public notice will be provided to the applicant after the final cost is determined and must be paid before the application is heard by a public body. Contact (who . should the main contact about this project),. Richard E. Carter Street Address 494 Pdrk Street City_Charlottesville State VA Zip Code 22902 Phone Number 434 977-0181 RM Applicant (if different from the owner): Central vir ihia Electric cooperative Street Address 800 Caoperative 1/51ay City -- -- 9 State VA Zip Code 2-2922 rr n tar► Phone Number (800) 367 -2882 Email ATTACH A COPY OF THE ACTUAL ZOMNG - ORDINANCE TEXT. (attach any.additional information as necessary) (1) Zoning Definitions: Owner. The owner or owners of the fee simple interest of real property or the grantee of an easement over real property. (2) Zoning Ordinance 33.4. Uniform Procedures for Owner - Initiated ZMA and SP filing the application; number of copies. The owner, the owner's agent, the grantee of an easement where such application applies for a use within the scope of the easement, or a contract purchaser with the owner's written consent (the "applicant ") may file the application with the department of community development. The director of planning is authorized to file the application with the department of community development. The director of planning is authorized to establish for each class of application the number of collated copies of the application required to be filed. .ICJS'I' FICATION.: (please:attach additional informatlon as necessary) To amend the Zoning Ordinance to allow the grantee of an easement as a proper applicant to apply for a Special Use Permit with regard to a use within the scope of the granted easement. The applicant wants to reduce the current exposure to 4,000 Albemade County residents for loss of power due to applicant's delay or inability to apply for a Special Use Permit under the current Zoning Ordinance. County of Albemarle Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville; ''VA 22902 Voice.. (434) 296 -5832 Fax: (434) 972 -4.126 Revised 11/02/2015 Page 1 of 2 2unka,Milnor & Carter Fax:434- 977 -0918 Nov 24 2015 04:01Pm P003/003 Owner /Applicant Must Read and-Sign I hereby dertify that the information provided on this application aad accompanying information is accurate, true, and correct to the best of y know a /dre-and belief Sigwture o pplic Agent Date Print Name Daytime phone number of Signatory - OFFICE USE ONLY Date of Preliminary Conference/Staff. Ordinance Section: Zoning Administrators Review (initials): Plainer: Recommendation. P.evised l 1102/2015 Page 2 oft CENTRAL VIRGINIA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE 19 November 2015 Overview and Necessity Statement for Cash's Corner to Zion Transmission Line In 1966 Central Virginia Electric Cooperative (CVEC) completed a transmission line from the Cash's Corner Substation southwest of Gordonsville to the Zion Crossroads Substation near the intersection of Route 250 and Route 15. The line was installed to operate at 46,000 volts, a standard transmission voltage at that time. Since the original installation, load growth has required CVEC to upgrade both of these substations plus add substations at Henson's Store, Ferncliff and Shannon Hill along the Interstate 64 corridor. In 1994, CVEC began a 20 year project to provide a loop feed for this increasingly important string of substations. The loop was started in Columbia and runs to Shannon Hill, then to Ferncliff, Henson's Store and Zion Substations. Each of those stations is now operating at 115,000 volts (115 kV), as does the Cash's Corner substation. The last link in this two way feed is the Cash's Corner to Zion transmission line being modified to operate at 115 kV. Original Line Easements and Approvals CVEC: purchased easements for the right to construct electric transmission facilities form the landowners in Albemarle County and other counties in 1964 and 1965. An easement for one property in Albemarle County was granted by court order in a condemnation case using eminent domain. The easements are recorded in Albemarle County. CVEC also was required to apply to the State Corporation Commission for a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for the original transmission line. After reviewing the CVEC application, the SCC granted the certificate to allow CVEC to construct the facilities. Stem Statistics and Electric LoadinRg The transmission loop feed, when completed from the Cash's Corner substation, will extend 35 miles through four counties. It will connect five substations and more than 6,500 accounts representing almost 20% of the members of Central Virginia Electric Cooperative. The peak load on the system will be more than 50 megawatts (MW). Industry best practices provide loop connectivity for connected loads in excess of 50 MW ReliabiIi Issues In the past five years, the transmission feed along the Interstate 64 corridor has experienced six extended outages. With a single source feed, transmission outages generally result in longer periods without service. The problems are more difficult to find due to the long length of the lines, and the problems take Ionger to repair due to the much higher voltage and taller structures. It is not unusual for transmission line outages to last six to eight hours. CVEC members from Keswick to Gum Spring have experienced four outages in the past 30 months affecting the entire line which in total Ieft the members without power for more than 20 hours. -I, In addition, several other outages affecting part of the line have been longer duration due to the lack of a second feed into the area. The line serves mostly residential areas in Albemarle, Fluvanna, Louisa and Goochland counties but there are a number of large accounts that are very sensitive to reliability concerns in these areas. The women's prison in Fluvanna, a Louisa County Elementary School, the dialysis center at Zion Crossroads, the Walmart Distribution Center which includes about twenty acres of refrigerated storage within its facility, plus numerous industrial and commercial accounts are connected to these lines. The cell towers and other communication facilities along the 1-64 corridor are connected to the local lines served from this transmission system. Reliability for all members from the Cash's Corner substation to Keswick in Albemarle County, along with all other CVEC members from Zion to Hadensville will benefit from more reliable electricity with this looped feed in place. Impending Extended Outage The CVEC 115 kV looped transmission line will connect to Dominion Power transmission lines at each end. The Dominion transmission facilities at the southern end of the loop are antiquated and designated for replacement as part of a large Dominion transmission upgrade project. When the line connecting the CVEC Columbia breaker station is being upgraded, there will be an extended outage while the four mile segment is being rebuilt. The timeline for that upgrade has already been pushed back from its 2016 date, but will have to be completed within the next several years. If CVEC does not have an alternate feed, extraordinary measures will be required to allow service to be continued during the construction. A second, parallel and temporary 115 kV line would need to be constructed then removed increasing costs for all CVEC members. Benefits to Albemarle Count Citizens of Albemarle will benefit in several ways from the modifications to the existing 46 kV transmission line. Most importantly, and as previously mentioned, reliability will be improved. In addition, the tax base for the annual CVEC equipment taxes will be increased, as will the land and improvements tax base. A 10 MW solar project is in final planning stages and will be constructed next year along the Interstate 64 corridor. The new line will help support the move by CVEC to add the output of a significant renewable generating facility to its power supply portfolio, and will physically connect Albemarle members to the "green" power.