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Rockdale County adopts rezoning and strict conditions for battery storage project at 2002 Rockbridge Road
Summary
The Rockdale County Board of Commissioners voted to rezone 2002 Rockbridge Road from single‑family residential to general industrial and adopted 21 conditions tied to a proposed Treaty Oaks battery energy storage system, including a 100‑foot buffer, noise limits (55 dB at the property line), UL testing requirements and stormwater controls.
The Rockdale County Board of Commissioners voted during its April 14 meeting to adopt a rezoning ordinance that changes 2002 Rockbridge Road NW from R‑1 (single‑family residential) to M‑2 (general industrial), attaching 21 conditions intended to limit community impacts from a proposed Treaty Oaks battery energy storage system (BESS).
The ordinance, approved on second reading, requires a minimum 100‑foot undisturbed natural buffer adjacent to residentially zoned properties, submission of a traffic impact analysis and provision of deceleration lanes as determined by the Georgia Department of Transportation and the county Department of Transportation, underground utilities, and a decommissioning plan to be approved before land‑disturbance permits are issued. The county set an 85‑foot maximum structure height and detailed landscape and screening standards to reduce visibility from nearby homes.
The conditions impose operational safeguards for generators and battery…
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