Town of Forestville enacts wind moratorium
From an article by Kurt Rentmeester from the Door County Advocate:
The Forestville Town Board became the latest municipality to enact a one-year moratorium for large wind turbines – and questioned whether Door County’s recently approved wind energy ordinance should take effect there. “We don’t want the county to impose its wind ordinance on us because we want more information on it,” Forestville Town Chairman Edson Stevens said Monday, Feb. 18, at the regular board meeting.
According to the moratorium, wind turbines exceeding 170 feet cannot be built for one year in the town of Forestville.
Two weeks ago, the Gardner Town Board approved a one-year interim control ordinance for wind turbines of at least 170 feet.
Last April, the Clay Banks Town Board established a similar one-year moratorium after Community Wind Energy LLC proposed three turbines be built there.
The town board there also established a five-member committee to study the issue and create a stricter local ordinance to supersede the county measure.
