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Town ponders resident's request to build 135-foot wind turbine
This southern Columbia County town has closed the public hearing on an application for a zoning variance that would allow construction of a 135-foot-tall wind turbine at Buckwheat Bridge Angoras. But a decision on the controversial proposal is not likely for at least another month. ...The state Department of Agriculture and Markets supports the wind turbine application, but people who live near the proposed turbine site expressed a number of concerns, including:
* The structure will attract lightning.
* Sun reflecting off the spinning blades will create a flickering effect in their houses.
* Noise generated by the turbine will be amplified by the surrounding terrain.
June 15, 2008
by Diane Valden
in Daily Freeman
This southern Columbia County town has closed the public hearing on an application for a zoning variance that would allow construction of a 135-foot-tall wind turbine at Buckwheat Bridge Angoras. But a decision on the controversial proposal is not likely for at least another month.
The hearing was closed June 10 by Richard Humphries, acting chairman of the town Zoning Board of Appeals. A variance is required for the wind turbine because the town zoning law sets a height limit of 75 feet.
The application for the variance was filed by Dr. Daniel Melamed, a urologist, who owns Buckwheat Bridge... [continue via Web link]
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