Land use · Lancaster, California

utility scale battery energy storage systems (BESS)

Named in 1 of this ordinance’s zoning districts.

How this ordinance defines it

The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Lancaster’s own text settles what this covers.

| N/A | N/A | D | | | | | | | Utility Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS )⁴ | C | N/A | N/A | | | | | | | Water reservoirs, pumping stations, tanks, wells, etc. |

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.