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Draft Colden Chapter #101 Battery Energy Storage Systems Planning Board Revision #15 (dated 8/10/26) 11. Erosion and sediment control and storm water management plans prepared to New York State Department of Environmental Conservation standards, if applicable, and to such standards as may be established by the Planning Board. 12. Prior to the issuance of the building permit or final approval by the Colden Town Board, but not required as part of the application, engineering documents must be signed and sealed by a NYS Licensed Professional Engineer. 13. Emergency Operations Plan. A copy of the approved Emergency Operations Plan shall be given to the system owner, the local fire department, and local fire code official. A permanent copy shall also be placed in an approved location to be accessible to facility personnel, fire code officials, and emergency responders. The emergency operations plan shall include the following information: (a) Procedures for safe shutdown, de-energizing, or isolation of equipment and systems under emergency conditions to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, and personal injuries, and for safe start-up following cessation of emergency conditions. (b) Procedures for inspection and testing of associated alarms, interlocks, and controls. (c) Procedures to be followed in response to notifications from the Battery Energy Storage Management System, when provided, that could signify potentially dangerous conditions, including shutting down equipment, summoning service and repair personnel, and providing agreed upon notification to fire department personnel for potentially hazardous conditions in the event of a system failure. (d) Emergency procedures to be followed in case of fire, explosion, release of liquids or vapors, damage to critical moving parts, or other potentially dangerous conditions. Procedures can include sounding the alarm, notifying the fire department, evacuating personnel, de-energizing equipment, and controlling and extinguishing the fire. (e) Response considerations similar to a safety data sheet (SDS) that will address response safety concerns and extinguishment when an SDS is not required. (f) Procedures for dealing with battery energy storage system equipment damaged in a fire or other emergency event, including maintaining contact information for personnel qualified to safely remove damaged battery energy storage system equipment from the facility. (g) Other procedures as determined necessary by the Town of Colden to provide for the safety of occupants, neighboring properties, and emergency responders. (h) Procedures and schedules for conducting drills of these procedures and for training local first responders on the contents of the plan and appropriate response procedures. I. Special Use Permit Standards. 1. Setbacks. Tier 2 Battery Energy Storage Systems are only permitted in Ag-Zoning districts and shall have a front setback no less than 300’ from the edge of the road frontage Right of Way. The side boundary setbacks shall be no less than 50’ from the side yard boundary lines. The rear yard setback shall be no less than 100’ from the parcel’s rear boundary line. For all situations the site plan shall take into account neighboring dwellings and/or commercial structures which are considered by this Chapter as non- participating entities. The distance from the applicant’s BESS structure(s) to the nearest non-participating entity on all nearby parcels shall always meet a structure-to-structure distance of at least a 200 feet. TOWN OF COLDEN – BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS 12