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DeWitt County Board Approves Two ZBA Recommendations, Rejects Tower Height Recommendation

It is rare the DeWitt County Board goes against the Zoning Board of Appeals but that is what happened with one wind energy ordinance Thursday night at the DeWitt County Board meeting. 
 
A recommendation passed for wind farms near corporate villages or municipalities within one and a half miles must get approval from that village or municipality before being erected. 
 
A setback distance of 2000 feet also passed as did a decommissioning plan that includes an agreement between the landowner and the County that appropriate funds will be available in an escrow account and be reviewed every three years. 
 
The Board rejected the recommendation to limit the tower height to 499 feet. Terry Ferguson called out Tradewind Energy for not giving reasons for why they opposed the limitation. He felt the RPC and ZBA did their due diligence as to why the came up with their recommendation.
 
 
Melonie Tilley also believes the RPC and the ZBA did what the Board asked and also called for the support of their recommendation.
 
 
The recommendation needed seven votes to pass and anything short would fail. Here's how the vote played out Thursday night:
 
 
Board member Cole Ritter had recused himself from the action items. 

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