COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A site plan review of the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities’ proposed electrical substation on Butters Avenue is on Monday night’s Coldwater Planning Commission agenda.
The electrical substation is scheduled to be built on over three acres of land.
City Planner Dean Walrack says in his report to the Planning Commission that it will provide additional service to the Southern Industrial Park and will allow the BPU to direct electrical load to different substations as necessary which in turn would eliminate outages to residential and industrial customers.
Walrack says an electrical substation is classified as an “Essential Service” use and is allowed in all zoning districts provided that the landscaping, architecture, and buffering are reviewed for compatibility with the adjacent neighborhood.
Under the city’s Zoning Ordinance, any nonresidential accessory building greater than 1,000 square feet in area requires review by the City of Coldwater Planning Commission.
