Renewable Energy Ordinance Update

Renewable Energy Ordinance Update

The Renewable Energy Ordinance Update Project would amend Los Angeles County Code Title 22 (Planning and Zoning) to update regulations for solar and wind energy systems and meteorological towers and to add regulations for battery energy storage systems and green hydrogen production facilities. The proposed project includes amendments to the Antelope Valley Area Plan to remove the prohibition of ground-mounted utility-scale renewable energy production facilities within economic opportunity areas, as well as amendments to the West Carson Transit-Oriented District Specific Plan and the Florence-Firestone Transit-Oriented District Specific Plan to update use regulations for existing renewable energy systems and technologies. Generally, the project is intended to accomplish the following: - Amend Title 22, Division 2 - Definitions, Chapter 22.14, to update current definitions related to ground-mounted and structure-mounted utility-scale solar, small-scale solar energy system, small-scale wind energy system, and temporary meteorological towers, and to add definitions for a battery energy storage system and green hydrogen production facility; - Amend Title 22, Division 3 - Zones, to update use regulations for new and existing renewable energy systems and technologies; - Amend Title 22, Division 7 - Standards for Specific Uses, Section 22.140.510 - Renewable Energy, to update or establish permitting processes for new and existing renewable energy systems, facilities, and technologies; - Amend Title 22, Division 11 - Specific Plans, Chapter 22.414 - West Carson Transit-Oriented District Specific Plan, to update use regulations for existing renewable energy systems and technologies consistent with updates in Division 3; - Amend, Title 22, Division 11 - Specific Plans, Chapter 22.418 - Florence-Firestone Transit-Oriented District Specific Plan, to update use regulations for existing renewable energy systems and technologies consistent with updates in Division 3; and - Amend the Antelope Valley Area Plan to remove prohibition of ground-mounted utility-scale renewable energy production facilities within economic opportunity areas.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Countywide, Southern California, Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Other (Zoning Code regulations related to renewable energy and storage)

Ordinance, Area Plan Amendment

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire