HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2024 0918 CCSA REG ITEM 08A STAFF POWERPOINTZoning Ordinance
Amendment
Pre -Screening
Applicant: James Damon for Hecate Grid, LLC
Presented by: Philip Neumann, Associate Planner I
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ITEM: 8.A.
Pre -Screening Process
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•Hecate Grid, LLC filed notice of intention to seek a
zoning ordinance amendment.
•Chapter 17.44.050 – pre -screening required
•The pre-screening provides the City Council and
community with an opportunity to consider
amendments to the zoning code on a conceptual
basis and provide the developer with initial
feedback, indicating whether there’s an interest on
behalf of the City to pursue the proposed
amendments.
Analysis
•Ordinance No. 515 approved Zoning Ordinance
Amendment No. 2023-01.
•“Energy Storage”: a device or group of devices
capable of storing energy for use at a later time.
Energy storage devices may be referred to as
batteries or other physical or chemical storage
methods.
•Chapter 17.20.060.E.8:
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Analysis (cont.)
•Proposed footnote language:
“Nothingwithstanding the description of energy storage
within a building in Table 17.20.060.E.8, enhanced
screening requirements may be approved as an
alternative to placement of energy storage within a
building pursuant to a Development Agreement approved
in accordance with Chapter 15.40 of the City Municipal
Code.”
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Analysis (cont.)
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Recommendation
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Staff recommends that the City Council:
•Open the public hearing, accept public testimony and close the public
hearing; and
•Adopt a Resolution, authorizing the Community Development Director
to accept an application to amend Chapter 17.20.060.E.8 (Energy
storage within a building) of the Moorpark Municipal Code.