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Aurora Board approves a six-month moratorium on wind turbines
On the heels of a request for a zoning variance by a citizen seeking to build a wind tower on Bailey Road, the Aurora Town Board has enacted a six-month moratorium on the construction of any commercial or residential wind energy system. Officials plan on using those months to examine the issues surrounding wind towers and update town codes accordingly.
February 15, 2010
by Jeremy Morlock
in East Aurora Advertiser
On the heels of a request for a zoning variance by a citizen seeking to build a wind tower on Bailey Road, the Aurora Town Board has enacted a six-month moratorium on the construction of any commercial or residential wind energy system. Officials plan on using those months to examine the issues surrounding wind towers and update town codes accordingly.
"That's the intent [of the moratorium], it isn't to ban wind energy systems," Town Supervisor Jolene Jeffe explained. "It's just to give us time to look at them and properly develop a code."
The board resolution calling for the moratorium noted that... [continue via Web link]
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