Ethics, Batteries and Funding Discussed by Deerpark Board
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The Deerpark Town Board had a packed agenda for its April 1st meeting. Three Public Hearings were held prior to the regular meeting’s start. The first Public Hearing was on Local Law #1- Moratorium on Battery Storage. This was prompted by a recent application before the Planning Board for a commercial battery storage facility. As the Town currently does not have zoning laws regarding these types of facilities, they are technically prohibited. A law is needed for zoning compliance, and to assure their proper siting and safety. These are large scale operations; the law would not impact small residential battery storage applications. The Town is looking at what laws other local municipalities have, in particular Warwick, where a facility had a fire. Resident Burt Thelander spoke and noted that some of the terminology needed to be corrected to reflect battery storage, rather than the solar wording it contained. It was passed, with the amended terminology.
Ethics, Batteries and Funding Discussed by Deerpark Board
Ethics, Batteries and Funding Discussed by…
Ethics, Batteries and Funding Discussed by Deerpark Board
The Deerpark Town Board had a packed agenda for its April 1st meeting. Three Public Hearings were held prior to the regular meeting’s start. The first Public Hearing was on Local Law #1- Moratorium on Battery Storage. This was prompted by a recent application before the Planning Board for a commercial battery storage facility. As the Town currently does not have zoning laws regarding these types of facilities, they are technically prohibited. A law is needed for zoning compliance, and to assure their proper siting and safety. These are large scale operations; the law would not impact small residential battery storage applications. The Town is looking at what laws other local municipalities have, in particular Warwick, where a facility had a fire. Resident Burt Thelander spoke and noted that some of the terminology needed to be corrected to reflect battery storage, rather than the solar wording it contained. It was passed, with the amended terminology.