City Of Industry City Zoning Code

Site Layout of BESS Units. In accordance with the Fire Code, separation distances between BESS units, enclosures, and groups of BESS units/enclosures, and setback distances from sensitive exposures, shall be validated by large-scale fire testing or modeling, as specified and approved by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Battery energy storage system facilities shall not be located within one hundred feet of any residential uses as measured from the nearest point between the energy storage system enclosures to property line of the residential use.

Where visible from a public right-of-way, the site shall be fully enclosed by a minimum six-foot solid wall. Where not visible from a public right-of-way, the site shall be enclosed by a minimum ten-foot solid wall fencing. Said wall or fencing shall be located on the perimeter of the site, notwithstanding placement of wall or fencing to address safety hazards. Where visible from the public right-of-way, walls shall consist of either decorative concrete masonry block or decorative concrete tilt-up walls.

No landscaping is required on the interior side of the screen walls.

The minimum required landscape area shall be limited to the perimeter landscaping surrounding the perimeter screening wall or fencing adjacent to public right-of-ways and private streets. Landscaping shall not conflict requirements set by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Solid walls surrounding facilities which are below grade of an adjacent street or property shall incorporate a berm/slope along the entire length of the wall to ensure facilities are not visible from public view.

No equipment or appurtenances shall exceed the screen wall height described in subsection C.3, above, unless it can be demonstrated through a line-of-sight analysis to the satisfaction of the director that the wall height will sufficiently screen said equipment and/or appurtenances. Enclosures for batteries and other systems shall not exceed fifteen feet in height.

Accessory structures such as utility poles or utility connection equipment, substation switchyard, and similar equipment, necessary for the operation of the facility may exceed the height standards of the applicable zoning district subject to approval of a conditional use permit specifically addressing height standards.

On-site parking shall be provided as specified below:

All facilities shall have an approved signage plan including safety signage to be posted at the site.

All improvements and site specifications shall be subject to approval of a Hazard Mitigation Analysis by the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Emergency Response Plan (ERP).

Any permit application that includes a request for deviation from development standards set forth in this section shall be reviewed through a conditional use permit process, and does not require a variance application. The approving authority shall make the following finding prior to approval of a request to deviate from development standards set forth by this chapter:

A narrative description of the activities to be accomplished, including who will perform that activity and at what point in time following the closure of the facility, for complete physical removal of all battery energy storage system components, structures, equipment, security barriers, and transmission lines from the site;

Disposing of all solid and hazardous waste in accordance with local, state, and federal waste disposal regulations;

The anticipated life of the battery energy storage system;

The manner in which the battery energy storage system will be decommissioned, and the site restored to a condition reasonably similar to its original state, including a description of how any changes to the surrounding areas and other systems adjacent to the battery energy storage system, such as, but not limited to, structural elements, building penetrations, means of egress, and required fire detection suppression systems, will be protected during decommissioning and confirmed as being acceptable after the system is removed; and

A listing of any contingencies for removing an intact operational battery energy storage system from service, and for removing a battery energy storage system from service that has been damaged by a fire or other event.