Project
Battery Energy Storage Systems Ordinance
The amendment
Planning Director, Jacki Byerley, requests a hearing for the following Zoning Amendment – Battery Energy Storage Systems 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
From the City Council agenda of October 27, 2026, Doc. 21-B, the petition as the Council has it.
Sources
- City Council agenda of October 27, 2026, Doc. 21-B
- Document # 21-B, with the record of continuances, PDF
- Proposed ordinance, §7.9 Battery Energy Storage Systems, PDF
- Letter from Atty. Lisa Mead, City Solicitor, March 16, 2026, PDF
- City Council agenda of October 27, 2026, Doc. 41-B, the Hilldale Avenue location
- Minutes of the Planning and Development Committee, August 24, 2026, Doc. 41-B, PDF
- Planning Board recommendation on the Hilldale Avenue location, PDF
- Planning Board public hearing, October 14, 2026
- Email from Joe Walsh, 26 Dawn Circle, August 26, 2026, PDF
- Email from Pamela J Carr, 60 Atlanta Street, September 14, 2026, PDF
- Email from Diane Desjardins, 28 Country Meadow Road, September 14, 2026, PDF
- Email from Joe Walsh, 26 Dawn Circle, requesting noise protections, September 14, 2026, PDF