The modifications to the current ordinance are eight pages long, a bit too long to reproduce here.
For the first time battery farms are included.
Here are a couple of the proposed rules:
- A threatened and endangered species consultation (EcoCAT) from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
- ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS shall be located a minimum of one-hundred fifty (150) feet from the nearest point of the outside wall of an OCCUPIED COMMUNITY BUILDING or NONPARTICIPATING RESIDENCE and a minimum of fifty (50) feet from the nearest point on the property line of an OCCUPIED COMMUNITY BUILDING or ONPARTICIPATING PROPERTY, and fifty (50) feet from the nearest edge of the public road right-of-way.
- The perimeter of the ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM shall be enclosed by fencing having a height of at least seven (7) feet and no more than twenty-five (25) feet.
- The perimeter of the ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM shall be enclosed by fencing having a height of at least seven (7) feet and no more than twenty-five (25) feet.
- ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS must comply with the sound limitations established by the Illinois Pollution Control Board under 35 Ill. Adm. Code Parts 900, 901, and 910.
- A decommissioning plan, consistent with the requirements of Chapter 8 of NFPA 855 and State of Illinois Public Act 104-0458, shall be provided at the time of building permit review.
- The ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM shall be decommissioned within eighteen (18) months after abandonment.
There is more and I have not touched solar or wind.
To read the proposals, click here.
