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Ogle Township officials ironing out turbine ordinance
It will be several months before Ogle Township has an ordinance restricting construction of wind turbines, township officials said Monday.
“We’ve got to iron out some things,” Supervisor Chairman Harvey Weyandt Jr. said.
Supervisors began cobbling together an ordinance similar to the 10-page model ordinance drafted by the state Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania Association of Township Supervisors.
Issues unsettled in Ogle included setback requirements, noise restrictions and cost of application.
Weyandt said satisfying those on both sides of the issue will be difficult.
November 7, 2006
by Patrick Buchnowski
in The Tribune-Democrat
It will be several months before Ogle Township has an ordinance restricting construction of wind turbines, township officials said Monday.
“We’ve got to iron out some things,” Supervisor Chairman Harvey Weyandt Jr. said.
Supervisors began cobbling together an ordinance similar to the 10-page model ordinance drafted by the state Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania Association of Township Supervisors.
Issues unsettled in Ogle included setback requirements, noise restrictions and cost of application.
Weyandt said satisfying those on both sides of the issue will be difficult.
“It’s not going to please everybody,” he said. “Because of so much opposition, we... [continue via Web link]
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