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Board clarifies incentive-zoning language for Eastwater battery-energy project; conservation land to transfer to town
Summary
The Town Board approved clarifying amendments to its earlier incentive-zoning resolution for Eastwater Energy Storage LLC: the conservation area referenced should be on the eastern portion of the site (not the west), the security fence height is clarified at 8 feet (with barbed wire), and the resolution clarifies two enclosures per storage pad; the transfer of amenity land to the town in fee remains unchanged.
Brighton's Town Board on June 10 adopted amendments to an incentive-zoning approval for Eastwater Energy Storage LLC, clarifying language on the location of a conservation amenity, fencing height and the configuration of battery-storage enclosures.
Applicant representatives asked the board to correct a drafting error in the earlier resolution: the conservation area intended as the perpetual amenity is the eastern portion of the property, not the western portion as recited in the prior resolution. The board confirmed the amenity was to be transferred to the town in fee as part of the previously approved package.
The amendment also clarifies the security fencing will be 8 feet in height (with barbed wire) and explains that each storage pad contains two enclosures (the pad size equals two enclosures), an important distinction for counting storage capacity. Town counsel and staff said these are clarifying edits to match the applicant's submitted site materials and do not change the fundamental terms of the prior approval.
Board members voted in favor of adopting the clarified language by roll call.
