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Notes:
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6/13/2024 9:57:05 AM
On May 14, 2024, the City Council adopted an interim ordinance (Ordinance No. 1993) imposing as an urgency measure a prohibition on the application acceptance, approval, commencement, establishment, operation, relocation or expansion of grid-scale BESS facilities within the City. The City Council found that the potential for development of new grid-scale “Front-of-the-Meter” BESS facilities in Vacaville without adequate land use policies and standards in place presents a current and immediate threat to the public’s safety and welfare, and that the approval of entitlements for BESS facilities would result in that threat to public safety and welfare. The purpose of the interim ordinance is to allow staff time to conduct further research and analysis on the health and safety impacts of BESS facilities and evaluate various options for land use development policies and standards that should be added to the City’s General Plan and Zoning Regulations.
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