CARATUNK -- Residents unanimously approved a wind development ordinance Wednesday night that restricts the placement of wind turbines to at least a mile and a half from a property line.
 
Eighteen people voted in favor of the ordinance after about 35 minutes of discussion.

The former rules mandated that wind turbines could be no less than four times the tower height or 1,000 feet -- whichever was greater -- from the nearest occupied building.

The new rules extend the setback to at least one-and-a-half miles from a property line.

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