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City of Taylorville Public Hearing Notice

NOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARING

 

A Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 6:00 P.M. before the Taylorville City Council and the Plan Commission in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 115 North Main Street, Taylorville, Illinois.

 

The purpose of the Public Hearing is to consider the request of GSI Group, LLC (owners of the following described property) and SolAmerica Energy, LLC (developers/operators of the planned solar energy facility thereon), to grant a Special Use under Chapter 15 of Title 10 of the Taylorville City Code for the planned development and operation of an approximately 1.125 megawatt (MW-ac) solar energy facility on all or on part of the following described property, to-wit:

The commonly known address of the aforesaid real estate is: IL Route 48, Taylorville, Illinois, legally described as:

 

TRACT 1

THAT PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN WHICH LIES EAST OF THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF S.B.I ROUTE 48 AND NORTH-WESTERLY OF THE NORTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILROAD AND NORTH OF THE NORTHERLY RIGHT -OF-WAY LINE OF (F.A. ROUTE 65) IL ROUTE 48 AND PART OF THE SOUTH 662.22 FEET OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 33 WHICH LIES EAST OF THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF S.B.I. ROUTE 48 AND NORTHWESTERLY OF THE NORTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF THE NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILROAD, SAID PARCEL DESCRIBED MORE PARTICULARLY AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A DISK MARKING THE WEST ONE-QUARTER CORNER OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SECTION 33; THENCE SOUTH 01° 02′ 25″ EAST ALONG THE SECTION LINE A DISTANCE OF 657.15 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89° 18′ 26″ EAST A DISTANCE OF 42.07 FEET TO AN IRON PIN ON THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF S.B.I. ROUTE 48; THENCE SOUTH 01° 00′ 32″ EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 562.43 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 89° 42′ 27″ EAST A DISTANCE OF 694.52 FEET TO A POINT MARKNG THE BEGINNING OF A 150.00 FOOT RADIUS, TANGENT CURVE TO THE RIGHT; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY 229.43 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE WHOSE LONG CHORD BEARS SOUTH 45° 53′ 25″ EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 207.71 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 02° 04′ 23″ EAST A DISTANCE OF 294.38 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 88° 18′ 51″ EAST A DISTANCE OF 163.91 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF (F.A. ROUTE 65) IL ROUTE 48, SAID PIPE MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A 660.00 FOOT RADIUS CURVE TO THE RIGHT; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY 513.95 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE WITH SAID CURVE WHOSE LONG CHORD BEARS SOUTH 71° 41′ 30″ WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 501.06 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; THENCE NORTH 86° 00′ 00″ WEST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 499.36 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; THENCE NORTH 42° 52′ 20″ WEST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 51.33 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE ON THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF S.B.I ROUTE 48; THENCE NORTH 01° 00′ 32″ WEST ALONG SAID EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 532.16 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

 

BASIS OF BEARING IS SOUTH 01° 02′ 25″ EAST ALONG THE SECTION LINE.

 

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TRACT 2

 

PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 13 NORTH, RANGE 2 WEST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A DISK MARKING THE WEST ONE QUARTER CORNER OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SECTION 33; THENCE SOUTH 01° 02′ 25″ EAST ALONG THE SECTION LINE A DISTANCE OF 657.15 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89° 18′ 26″ EAST A DISTANCE OF 42.07 FEET TO AN IRON PIN ON THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF S.B.I. ROUTE 48, SAID PIN MARKS THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 89° 18′ 26″ EAST A DISTANCE OF 828.25 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 02° 04′ 23″ EAST A DISTANCE OF 700.90 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE MARKING THE BEGINNING OF A 150.00 FOOT RADIUS CURVE TO THE LEFT; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 229.43 FEET ALONG SAID CURVE WHOSE LONG CHORD BEARS NORTH 45° 53′ 25″ WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 229.43 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE; THENCE NORTH 89° 42′ 27″ WEST A DISTANCE OF 694.52 FEET TO AN IRON PIPE ON THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF S.B.I. ROUTE 48; THENCE NORTH 0 ° 00′ 32″ WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 562.43 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

 

P.I.N. 17-13-33-301-003-00 AND 17-13-33-301-004-01

 

This meeting will take place at the above-designated time or at such other adjourned date as the Board may announce at said meeting.

This Notice is being published in accordance with the Taylorville Zoning Ordinance in order that interested persons may attend the Hearing.

 

Bruce Barry, Mayor

City of Taylorville

 

12/31/2021

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