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Elbert County approves three Bijou Hills meteorological towers; board discusses decommissioning timeline
Summary
The Elbert County Board approved three special-use-by-review permits for temporary meteorological (MET) towers to collect wind and environmental data. Planning staff and the applicant agreed to a condition to remove towers within 120 days of lease end; the board debated whether to add a fixed SUR timeline for the towers.
The Elbert County Board of County Commissioners on June 11 approved three special-use-by-review permits for temporary meteorological towers proposed by Bijou Hills Wind LLC to collect wind and other environmental data on three separate agricultural parcels.
Planning staff described the three SUR applications (SUR 20240109, SUR 20240114 and SUR 20242490) as broadly identical except for height: two towers at about 60 meters (197 feet) and one at about 81.3 meters (266 feet). Staff said parcels are large ranching properties located several miles from the nearest towns and that the closest residences are more than half a mile away for two sites and roughly three-quarters of a mile for others. The tallest tower will include FAA-required aviation paint and lighting; the towers are purely meteorological and…
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