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DeWitt County Board Chair Offers Opinion on Wind Ordinances in Question

DeWitt County residents against wind farms are pushing for the DeWitt County Board to take back the special use permit (SUP) issued to Enel Green Power.

 

Friday on the WHOW Morning Show, Board Chair Terry Ferguson offered his thoughts on the ordinances in place and how they are to be interpreted. He explains the Regional Planning Commission last week voted not to send along a recommendation to repeal the Alta Farms II SUP.

 

 

An ordinance regarding an unused SUP has been scrutinized in recent weeks in an effort to repeal the Enel Green Power SUP. Ferguson says despite how some may interpret that ordinance, there is no evidence that ordinance was ever changed and it would be unusual for the County Board to repeal a SUP.

 

 

Thursday night, the Board did approve a six-month review of the County's ordinances and any special use permit applications that come in during that time would have to abide by the changes in the ordinances, though it is unlikely and wind conversion special use applications are submitted during that time. 

 

Ferguson emphasizes those changes will not impact the special use permit issued to Enel Green Power. 

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