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Maple Valley holds public hearing on six-month moratorium proposal for battery energy storage systems
Summary
At its Sept. 9 meeting, the Maple Valley City Council held a public hearing on Ordinance O-25-854, which would impose a six-month emergency moratorium on accepting applications for Battery Electric Storage Systems (BESS) while the city develops interim regulations. Two members of the public opposed BESS and council later asked staff to add a BESS code amendment to the Planning Commission workplan.
Maple Valley’s City Council heard public comment Sept. 9 on a proposed emergency moratorium that would stop the city from accepting building permits and other applications for Battery Electric Storage Systems for six months while interim development regulations are drafted.
The public hearing concerned Ordinance No. O-25-854, described in the agenda materials as establishing an immediate emergency moratorium on BESS acceptance until the city adopts…
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