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Benton County supervisors deny permit for proposed wind‑turbine blade recycling and storage site near Mount Auburn
Summary
The Benton County Board of Supervisors voted to deny a land‑use change that would have allowed a company to store and shred wind‑turbine blades at a former egg‑laying farm northeast of Mount Auburn, citing incompatibility with the county's rural land‑use plan and unresolved environmental and community concerns.
The Benton County Board of Supervisors voted to deny an application to change the use of roughly 20–28 acres northeast of Mount Auburn for a wind‑turbine blade recycling and storage facility, saying the proposed industrial activity would be incompatible with the county's rural land‑use policies and could materially affect nearby farm operations and residents.
County staff briefed the board at a public hearing that the site, on three parcels controlled by Farmtastic 3 LLC, is in the county's general rural use area and that the proposal did not meet criteria in the county's agricultural land preservation ordinance and comprehensive plan. "The use does not materially alter the stability of the overall land use pattern in the area," a county staff member reciting the ordinance criteria told the board during the hearing.
The applicant, identified in testimony as…
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