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Elbert County planning commission backs three meteorological towers for Bijou Hills LLC with conditions
Summary
The Elbert County Planning Commission on May 20 recommended approval of three special-use reviews for meteorological towers proposed by Bijou Hills LLC, adding conditions including a decommissioning timeline, an updated deed for one parcel and a suggested five-year limit for the SURs.
The Elbert County Planning Commission recommended approval Tuesday of three special-use review (SUR) applications to install meteorological towers for wind-resource data collection, finding the towers meet local zoning standards with conditions.
Planning staff presented the applications for three towers — SUR-2024-0109 (Worrell tower, 60 meters), SUR-2024-0114 (Hurtnecki tower, 81.3 meters) and SUR-2024-2490 (Chambers tower, 60 meters) — and said the structures would be used only to collect wind and atmospheric data and would not broadcast signals. Danny Klebanner, land use planner with Elbert County Community Development Services (CDS), said the tallest tower would be about 266 feet and the other two about 197 feet, that each would be placed on agricultural parcels, and that setbacks and FAA referrals had been addressed. “The FAA provided the determination of no hazard on 08/27/2024,” Klebanner said during his presentation.
The towers would be…
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