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Kenosha County board adopts ordinance setting conditional use rules and decommissioning requirements for on-site battery energy storage systems
Summary
The county approved Ordinance 13 to add on-site battery energy storage systems as conditional uses, added a requirement that sites be restored to pre-construction condition within 12 months after operations cease, and discussed fire-risk concerns; the ordinance passed unanimously.
The Kenosha County Board approved Ordinance 13 on second reading to amend the county zoning code to add on-site battery energy storage systems as a conditional use, with newly adopted amendments requiring clearer operator responsibility and a 12-month timeline for site restoration after operations cease.
Supervisor Brown moved the ordinance and Supervisor Brookhouse seconded. Supervisor Morrissey proposed two amendments — clarifying that…
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