PUBLIC NOTICE
FOR BOARD DECISION ON ONE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND ONE VARIANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Butte-Silver Bow Zoning Board of Adjustment will reconvene on Thursday, May 20, 2021, at 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers, Third Floor, Room 312, Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse, Butte, Montana, to discuss Board action for one (1) Special Use Permit and one (1) Variance, as per Title 17 (Zoning) of the Butte-Silver Bow Municipal Code (BSBMC). A public hearing for both applications was held on April 15, 2021, by the Zoning Board of Adjustment and per Chapter 17.38.160 – Special or conditional use permit – decision of the board, the Board must deny or approve the application within 60 days of the application being referred to the Board.
SPUSE-21-000006 – A Special Use Permit application by OBARO, LLC, c/o Samuel Redfern, 6730 Prairie Schooner Lane, Missoula, MT, owner, and Copper Energy Storage, LLC, c/o Scott Schalich, 1237 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA to construct a 75 megawatt battery energy storage facility on approximately 5 acres, per Section 17.38.170 – Special Use permit – Uses Allowed, of the BSBMC. The proposed project will comprise of approximately 144 battery energy storage containers that are low voltage and stand about 9’ tall. The property is located in a “R-1S” (One Family Suburban Residence) zone, legally described as POR W2 Section 15, T02N, R07W, Certificate of Survey 986A-RW, commonly located northeast of the intersection of Continental Drive and Blacktail Canyon Road and southwest of the NorthWestern Energy South Butte Substation, Butte, Montana. A public hearing was held on April 15, 2021, to hear written and oral testimony in regards to the application and will reconvene on May 20, 2021, to discuss board action on the application.
VARIANCE-21-000003 – An application by OBARO, LLC, c/o Samuel Redfern, 6730 Prairie Schooner Lane, Missoula, MT, owner, and Copper Energy Storage, LLC, c/o Scott Schalich, 1237 9th Ave, San Francisco, CA to vary from Section 17.38.037 – Landscaping Requirements – Determination of Area, Section 17.38.041 – Landscaping Requirements – New Site Development, Section 17.38.044 – Landscaping Requirements – Commercial or Industrial Uses in Residential Zones. Section 17.38.046 E - Landscaping Buffers, and Section 17.38.050 – Landscaping Requirements – Sidewalk Curb/Gutter; Front and Corner Yards for the above-mentioned Special Use Permit Application. The applicants are proposing to reduce the area for determination of landscaping requirements, to not install a 3 foot wall for a headlight shield, and are proposing to not install sidewalk, curb, and gutter along public rights-of-way, varying from the sections of the BSBMC listed above. The property is located in a “R-1S” (One Family Suburban Residence) zone, legally described as POR W2 Section 15, T02N, R07W, Certificate of Survey 986A-RW, commonly located northeast of the intersection of Continental Drive and Blacktail Canyon Road, Butte, Montana.
A public hearing was held on April 15, 2021, to hear written and oral testimony in regards to the application and will reconvene on May 20, 2021, to discuss board action on the application.
Information concerning this matter may be obtained in the office of the Butte-Silver Bow Planning Department, 155 West Granite, Room 108, Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse, Butte, Montana. Any interested person(s) may appear at the public hearings or submit in writing any comments prior to or during said public hearings.
Any person requiring an accommodation for a disability please contact Todd Hoar, ADA Coordinator, 305 W. Mercury Street, Butte, Montana, telephone number (406) 723-2070, fax number: (406) 723-5900, prior to 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
David Wing, Chairman
P.O. #2108334