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Planning board reviews major solar‑law amendments and new battery‑storage draft; key changes include sheep‑grazing limits, screening and battery safety rules
Summary
The Planning Board reviewed redlined amendments to the town's solar law and a new draft local law for battery energy storage, focusing on sheep‑grazing limits, screening standards, a proposed renewable overlay district and safety/testing standards for batteries.
The Grand Island Planning Board discussed significant updates to the town's solar regulations and reviewed a brand‑new local law addressing battery energy storage.
A planning staff member who helped draft the 2021 solar law guided members through the redlines: batteries were removed from the solar law and will be handled in a standalone battery law; new definitions (building‑integrated photovoltaic, building‑mounted systems, community solar tiers) were added; and the drafter proposed allowing sheep grazing as part of a vegetation management plan but limited to temporary…
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