Planners propose battery‑storage limits, setbacks and screening in draft development code
Staff proposed BESS rules that keep a 2‑MWh exclusion, allow up to 10‑MWh systems in industrial zones and on hospitals/dispatch centers, require 100‑foot separation from residential zones, and site screening; commissioners asked clarification questions about the code placement and safety standards.
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As part of the development code update, planning staff outlined new language for battery energy storage systems (BESS). The draft retains a 2 megawatt‑hour exclusion, allows larger installations (up to 10 megawatt‑hours) in industrial zones and on state‑licensed hospitals and 911/dispatch centers, and adds permitting standards including a 100‑foot separation from residential zones and screening requirements along rights‑of‑way.
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