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Mesa council delays vote on text amendment tied to battery storage project under construction
Summary
Council members sought more information and asked staff for briefings before deciding on a citywide text amendment that would affect legal nonconforming structures and make one battery energy storage project that is already under construction procedurally conforming.
Mesa City Council members at their Sept. 22 study session debated a proposed citywide zoning text amendment that staff said would both revise rules for legal nonconforming uses citywide and create a limited procedure to treat some already-permitted projects as procedurally conforming; councilmembers requested more briefings and indicated they would continue the item to the Oct. 6 study session for fuller review.
City staff told the council the change was prompted by a unique situation: a battery energy storage facility that received planning permits and has active construction, but which a subsequent zoning administratorinterpretation suggested the use might not be permitted under a strict reading of the code. Staff said the proposed ordinance would clarify that projects…
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