UDO Text Amendment — Battery Energy Storage Systems
Description
A text amendment to allow battery energy storage only as an accessory to manufacturing uses in the M-2 heavy industrial district, capped at 18 megawatts, with 200-foot setbacks and emergency response requirements. The Planning Commission recommended approval 7-1; public hearing March 18.
Impact summary
Opens the door to battery storage at industrial sites — potentially cheaper power and grid relief — while keeping it out of residential and solar-farm settings for now, pending state legislation.
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · City Council
Last discussed Mar 4, 2026.
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