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Vermilion committee backs greater wind turbine setback, fees
A Vermilion County board committee agreed Thursday night to change the county's wind turbine ordinance by increasing the distance turbines are required to be from a house and increasing the per-turbine permit fee the developers must pay the county.
October 28, 2011
by Tracy Moss
in The News-Gazette
DANVILLE - A Vermilion County board committee agreed Thursday night to change the county's wind turbine ordinance by increasing the distance turbines are required to be from a house and increasing the per-turbine permit fee the developers must pay the county.
In the current ordinance, the setback distance from the foundation of a "primary structure," or house, is 1,000 feet, but the county board's executive committee agreed that should be increased to 1,200 feet. The committee also agreed to increase the permit fee from $1,000 per turbine to $3,000, which would be the same as Champaign County's, according to Vermilion... [continue via Web link]
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