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Public Hearing: Chapter 95 “Battery Energy Storage Systems
VILLAGE OF LANCASTER
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
TO BE HELD TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2025
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE; That the Village of Lancaster Board of Trustees will conduct a public hearing in the Council Chambers of the Lancaster Municipal Building, 5423 Broadway, Lancaster, New York on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM to consider a local law which if adopted would add Chapter 95 “Battery Energy Storage Systems” to the Code of the Village of Lancaster and would revise §350-55 of Chapter 350 “Zoning” to accommodate the added Chapter 95.
The “Battery Energy Storage System” Chapter 95 would be adopted:
– To provide a regulatory scheme for the designation of properties suitable for the location, construction and operation of battery energy storage systems;
– To ensure compatible land uses in the vicinity of the areas affected by battery energy storage systems;
– To mitigate the impacts of battery energy storage systems on environmental resources such as agricultural lands, forests, wildlife and other protected resources; and
– To create synergy between battery energy storage system development and other stated goals of the Village of Lancaster pursuant to its Comprehensive Plan.
The full text of the proposed local law may be reviewed at the Village of Lancaster website https://lancastervillageny.gov or during office hours at the office of the Village Clerk, Lancaster Municipal Building, 5423 Broadway, Lancaster, New York.
At said hearing, all persons so desiring shall have the opportunity to be heard.
Michael E. Stegmeier
Village Clerk
