Staff recommends overlay district to regulate data centers and battery storage rather than special-use exception
Staff told the commission an overlay district is the preferred approach to address data centers and battery-storage facilities because special-use exceptions in the current code lack necessary language; staff said hearings will follow depending on the regulatory path chosen.
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Staff told the commission the overlay-district approach is likely the most appropriate tool to regulate data centers and battery-storage projects, saying an overlay allows the town to set tailored standards that the existing code's special-use exceptions do not contemplate. "If an overlay district is the right thing to do, we tend to believe it is," the staff member said.
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