PUBLIC NOTICE – Franklin Twp Planning Board Hearing – February 20, 2024 Solar Panels
TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER
PLANNING BOARD
NOTICE OF HEARING
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
In compliance with the pertinent provisions of the Franklin Township
Zoning and Land Development Ordinance, and the New Jersey Municipal
Land Use Act, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., notice is hereby given that a
written application has been filed by the undersigned with the Franklin
Township (Gloucester County) Planning Board for preliminary major
site plan approval, “c” variance relief to permit a perimeter security
chain-link fence at a height of approximately 8 feet within the parcel’s
front yards, together with checklist and design waivers and any and
all other variances or waivers the Board may reasonably require in the
exercise of its discretion, and without further public notice, in order to
allow the undersigned applicant to construct, establish and maintain a
renewable energy facility pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.11 consisting
of approximately 92,960 ground-mounted photovoltaic solar panels with
flange motors allowing the panels to move/track the sun. The renewable
energy facility will be used for the generation of approximately 44 MW
of wholesale electric power transmitted to the PJM regional transmission
organization’s grid, and will include the construction and maintenance
of a substation, battery storage units, inverter boxes, interior driveways,
stormwater management facilities, vegetative screening, site lighting,
landscaping, project signage, chain link fencing approximately 8-feet in
height, access gates, temporary construction/staging areas, public right
of way improvements, underground utility transmission installations
extending off-site and related site improvements, all of which are more
fully described on the plans on file with the Planning Board Secretary.
All of the above referenced improvements and activities are to occur
on approximately 262.69 acres of property shown as Lot 1 in Block
1902 on the Franklin Township, New Jersey Tax Map, which property
is located at 1457 Fries Mill Road, Franklinville, New Jersey. The
property is currently farmed for agricultural uses and is located in the
Business Mixed Use Zoning District.
Public hearing on the above mentioned application which is the
subject of this Notice has been scheduled for February 20, 2024, at
7:00 p.m. at the Franklin Township Municipal Hall, 1571 Delsea Drive,
Franklinville, New Jersey, at which time and place any interested party
(as defined by N.J.S.A. 40:55D-4) will have an opportunity to be heard
either in person, or by agent or attorney.
All documents in support of this application are on file for public
inspection during regular business hours at the office of the Secretary
to the Planning Board, Franklin Township Municipal Complex, 1571
Delsea Drive, Franklinville, New Jersey.
NEHMAD DAVIS & GOLDSTEIN, P.C.
Attorneys for Applicant Gloucester Solar I, LLC
BY: KEITH A. DAVIS, ESQUIRE
4030 Ocean Heights Avenue
Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234
(609) 927-1177
DATED: February 8, 2024.
The Sentinel 2/8/2024
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