LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN OPEN RECORD PUBLIC HEARING WILL
BE HELD August 29, 2011 at 4:30 p.m. in the Grant County
Commissioners Hearing Room, Courthouse, Ephrata, WA regarding the
following proposed Unified Development Code Amendments as provided
by the Grant County Planning Commission:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN OPEN RECORD PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD August 29, 2011 at 4:30 p.m. in the Grant County Commissioners Hearing Room, Courthouse, Ephrata, WA regarding the following proposed Unified Development Code Amendments as provided by the Grant County Planning Commission:
UDC 23.04 - Table 3, 4 and 5 addition of new line item Electric Vehicle Charging/
Battery Exchanges Station3x and associated foot note "3x" (footnote number to be determined later).
Table changes allow the sitting of electric vehicle charging stations and battery exchange stations in rural and urban commercial and industrial lands as well as applicable LAMIRD designations.
UDC 25.02.030 Definition additions:
Battery Charging Station: an electrical component assembly or cluster or component
assemblies designed specifically to charge batteries within electric vehicles, which meet or exceed any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by chapter 19.28 RCW and consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540.
Battery Exchange Station: A fully automated facility that will enable an electric vehicle with
a swappable battery to enter a drive land and exchange the depleted battery with a fully charged battery through a fully automated process, which meets or exceed any standards, codes, and regulations set forth by chapter 19.27 RCW and consistent with the rules adopted under 19.27.540.
Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV): a battery electric vehicle is a type of electric vehicle (EV)
that uses chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs. As with other vehicles, BEVs use electric motors and motor controllers instead of internal combustion engines (ICEs) for propulsion. Sometimes, all-electric vehicles are referred to as BEVs (although a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) is also a battery electric vehicle.
Electric Vehicle: any vehicle that operates, either partially or exclusively, on electrical
energy from the grid, or an off-board source, that is stored on-board for motive purpose, Electric vehicle includes battery electric vehicles (BEV), a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), medium-speed electric vehicle, and electric motorcycles.
Electric Vehicle Charging Station: a public or private parking space(s) located together with
a batter charging station which permits the transfer of electric energy (by conductive or inductive means) to a battery or other storage device in an electric vehicle.
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure: structures, machinery, and equipment necessary and integral
to support an electric vehicle, including battery charging stations, rapid charging stations, and battery exchange stations.
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV): a hybrid vehicle with rechargeable batteries that can
be restored to a full charge by connecting a plug to an external electric power source. A PHEV shares the characteristics of both a conventional hybrid electric vehicle, having an electric motor and an internal combustion engine; and of an all-electric vehicle, also having a plug to connect to the electrical grid.
Any interested persons may appear regarding these matters.
Barbara J. Vasquez, CMC
Administrative Assistant &
Clerk of the Board
Grant County Commissioners
#08051/1838356
Pub.: August 11 & 18, 2011