Planning commission backs larger setbacks for battery energy storage systems
The commission recommended that county commissioners adopt an ordinance increasing battery energy storage setbacks from 1,000 to 1,320 feet (a quarter mile), aligning them with the county's chicken barn standards; staff recommended the change and no public speakers opposed it at the planning hearing.
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The Marshall County Planning Commission on March 26 recommended that county commissioners increase the required setback for battery energy storage systems to 1,320 feet (a quarter mile) from residences, aligning the setback with an existing animal-agriculture (chicken barn) standard. Planning staff said the county commissioners asked for the change and staff and the Technical Review Committee recommended a favorable recommendation.
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