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The Specific Use Permit Peat entiaillyNegates A dnvestrnent WitHn City of Paris Limilts. Fhe <br />Project has engaged in h�ghlly responsiWe deveiopment by comrndtting to fifty -foot -buffer, <br />which is higher than 4idustiry standards and spgnfficanfly larger than other comparable solar <br />proJects in. I arnar County. The four hundred -foot buffer recllWred by Ordinance <br />2017 0001,98-29-1.00 woulld eliminate five (5) of the seven (7) solar arrays planned for these <br />pames, creating rnukiple years ()f development delays, and reducing the Pro.ject pnvestrnent <br />in the city limits by over'50%. As a result, a majority of the potential tax revenq..je to the City <br />of Paris from the Protect is already jeopardized by SUP even in the absence of a <br />disannexation As a resullt, disainnexation foflowed by investment is a net posddve for the City <br />of Paris. <br />• Figure 1—Project Maps (Entilre Project) <br />• IFigure 2— Project Maps (SelectedArea in City of Paris Boundary) <br />• Figure 3 —Selected Area in City of Paris Property Tax Revenue <br />* Current 50'Setback/Buffeir <br />* SLJP400'Setback/Buffer <br />Nexus Seeks a Il utuaHy-Beneficiall Outcornewith the Local Community. Nexus is, acid Ideas <br />been, a long-tirne supporter of the Oty of Paris, Larnar County and the initiatdves pursued by <br />the Ilocal comirnunity. To that end, Nexius wiH negotiate l:n good faith reg gand iiag <br />disannexaflon <br />financial contributions to support the G-ty of Paris and the inidatives of itfie Reread cornmunity. <br />[Frorn the Application forDisaninexation attached hereto and incorporated by rer.erence as Exhilibit <br />AJ <br />,A primary issue for Nexus is that Zoning Ordinance No. 1710 Sec. 29, "Required Components <br />Regarding Solar.Farrn Specific t..1 se Pertri.its," will apply to Portions of tine Project that will lie <br />witbin the city limits. Nexus contends that the S[J.P requirenient will subject those portions of the <br />Project to different regulations than will apply to the remainder of the installation in. the county. In <br />addition, See. 29 requires a 400 foot setback/1'.)uffer wben its plans eall.for a 50 f(..)ot se(lback/buffer. <br />This would. require Nexus to scale down 1he Project somewhat to coinply with the setback <br />requirement: <br />