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Planning commission conditionally approves Seventh Avenue solar project; Copper Superfund parcel held for CEQA review
Summary
The planning commission approved a use permit and variance for a 50‑acre Seventh Avenue solar site and certified a categorical exemption for that portion, while deferring final environmental approval for a second 50‑acre site on the Copper Superfund property pending DTSC/EPA and CEQA determinations.
The Oroville Planning Commission on Aug. 28 approved a use permit and a variance for a roughly 50‑acre solar‑panel site along Seventh Avenue and recommended a conditional approach for a second 50‑acre site on the Copper Superfund parcel, while requiring further environmental review before work may proceed on the contaminated site.
City planner Wes Irvin told commissioners the application (Use Permit No. 25‑12, Butte Renewable Energy Inc.) covers about 100 acres split between two locations: parcels along Seventh Avenue and parcels on the Coppers Superfund site. The applicant requested battery storage within each site, an exemption to the 30% maximum panel coverage on some Seventh Avenue parcels (staff reported a maximum of about 38% on the densest parcel), and approval of an 8‑foot chain‑link fence with three rows of barbed wire.
Irvin said the applicant proposed non‑invasive installation on the copper site — concrete pads set on the soil…
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