Battery Energy Storage Systems Ordinance - Haverhill Meeting Calendar

Doc 21-B - Planning Director, Jacki Byerley, requests a hearing for the following Zoning Amendment – Battery Energy Storage Systems

10.2.1 Ordinance: re: Amend Chapter 255 Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map – Battery Energy Storage Systems Overlay District (BESS)– by inserting a new section 7.9 Battery Energy Storage Systems, amending section 3.1.3 Table of Use and Parking regulations by allowing a Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 BESS and amending the Zoning Map to include the BESS Overlay District. The overlay district will be creating regulations for the installation and use of free-standing battery energy storage systems (“BESS”), adding to the table the overlay district with the allowed Tiers and updating the zoning map to include the BESS Overlay District, or take any other action related to

Continued from May 19, 2026

Related communication from Planning and Development Committee Chair, Vice President Michitson, to continue hearing until August 25^th

Minutes

Vice President Michitson stated the city is now undertaking the type of objective site comparison process that the council has requested before selecting a battery energy system overlay, we should understand how each candidate area performs from the perspective of public safety, environmental protections, infrastructure capacity, emergency response, water resources, surrounding land usage and municipal operations. In the future we will also be announcing a planning and development committee meeting to proceed this meeting on august 25^th to work out the details.

Motion by Vice President Michitson to continue to August 25^th, Second by Councilor Lewandowski
PASSED – Yeas 9, Nays 0, Absent 2 (Toohey and Diodati)