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Williams County approves two temporary meteorological towers, denies one after township setback concerns
Summary
The Williams County Board of County Commissioners voted April 1 to approve two conditional use permits for temporary 60-meter meteorological towers and to deny a third after objections from Strandall Township over a one-mile setback from occupied residences.
Williams County commissioners on April 1 approved two conditional use permits and denied a third for temporary meteorological (MET) towers proposed by Apex Clean Energy for the Homestead Wind project, following objections from Strandall Township about setbacks from occupied homes.
The approvals were for LUDash0100Dash24 and LUDash0102Dash24; the board denied LUDash0101Dash24 after extended discussion about township setback rules and whether the county is bound by them. The MET towers are temporary structures intended to collect wind-characteristic data in advance of a possible wind farm development.
The items came before the board during the Planning and Zoning section of the April 1 meeting. Planning staff described each tower as approximately 60 meters tall, guyed with anchor eyes and wire rope clips, placed roughly 285 feet from outside parcel boundary lines, and without electrical utilities or moving mechanical parts. Planning and Zoning Commission recommendations varied by site: the first tower was recommended for approval (Planning and Zoning vote recorded as 4–1–1), the second was recommended by a narrower margin…
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