MCP250005 - Handout Memo

DATE:  
October 9, 2025 
 
TO: 
 Planning & Zoning Commission   
 
From: 
Andrew Lorentzen, Planner  
 
SUBJECT: 
 MCP250005 – Ranger Energy Center    
 
 Agenda Item: #4 
 
 
 
After staff report printing, the applicant requested an amended condition of approval regarding 
POD approval timelines. Staff updated the following condition at the applicants’ request to clarify 
the department’s stance on approved POD timeframes. The updated language offers no new 
provisions and only clarifies existing department policy. 
 
d. The following Rural-43 MAAMF standards shall apply:  
 
9. Minimum separation for battery enclosures from residential structures: 500 feet. For clarity: 
(i) POD approval is effective for two years from approval; (ii) new residential construction 
during that two-year period will not render the project nonconforming; and (iii) once building 
permits are issued, subsequent residential construction will not render battery unit locations 
nonconforming."