DEER RIVER — The Denmark Town Council on Monday night heard further comments on a proposed wind power zoning law but postponed any action until the full board could discuss it.

"It'll be up for discussion when our supervisor is back," Deputy Supervisor David W. Thoma said.

Mr. Thoma ran Monday's meeting in place of Supervisor Thomas W. Fleming, who was absent.

The Town Council has held previous public hearings on the proposed law but was required to hold another one due to several changes to the draft. The changes included some stronger definitions and inclusion of a 1,500-foot setback requirement from public buildings, campgrounds, businesses and school property lines, not just residences.

Copenhagen Mayor Kenneth R. Clarke reiterated concerns that the proposed setbacks weren't sufficient to keep towers well away from his village and that the 45-decibel noise level limit at 1,250 feet from any tower site might not be stringent enough.

"This law is definitely going to benefit the developer, not the people," he said.

Copenhagen trustees have imposed a moratorium on wind development in the village.

Some residents suggested the town should not enter a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes with any wind developer and noted that turbines can interfere with Doppler radar.

Beneficial Renewable Resources LLC, Sarasota, Fla., from 2006 to 2008 entered five-year wind development leases with 36 landowners in northwestern Lewis County — primarily in the town of Denmark — but hasn't proposed any project.

"This thing came about five years ago," town Zoning Officer Lloyd G. Woodruff Jr. said. "Nobody's said anything since. It's not something that's going to happen right away."