Developer GRIDSTOR urges clearer setback and screening rules for battery storage
A GRIDSTOR representative told the council that BESS projects are not data centers and urged clarifications in the UDO, including measuring setbacks from equipment edges and limiting 7‑foot walls to residential abutting areas while relying on fences and landscaping elsewhere.
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Matt Gilliland, senior director of project development for GRIDSTOR, spoke during the public comment period to distinguish battery energy storage systems from data centers and to suggest technical edits to the UDO amendments. He said measurement of setbacks from the equipment edge (rather than property‑to‑property) would preserve usable industrial sites in the city.
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