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Brown County delays decision on wind-energy setback ordinance after developer raises siting concerns
Summary
Brown County commissioners postponed a second-reading adoption of Ordinance 302, which would amend wind-energy setbacks in Title 4. A developer said measuring setbacks from property lines rather than turbine structures would substantially reduce viable project area; commissioners authorized staff to further amend the draft.
Brown County commissioners on the dais postponed action on Ordinance 302 — an update to the county's Title 4 wind energy zoning rules — after a developer warned that a change in how setbacks are measured could make projects infeasible.
Michael, calling in from Inventorgy, showed commissioners a parcel diagram and said the draft language that measures setbacks from property line to property line would expand the effective buffer…
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