Greater than 100 individuals confirmed as much as a public listening to in Oakland, Iowa, Wednesday evening.
Some spoke for and in opposition to a proposed ordinance that might make it harder for any new wind generators to be in-built Pottawattamie County.
Individuals took the rostrum in entrance of the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors Wednesday evening, and it has to do with the potential for new wind generators within the space.
“I get pleasure from gazing on the stars. I can’t think about that, having fun with it being pierced by lots of of blinking pink beacons,” mentioned Brandon Vorthman.
Like Vorthman, many are in favor of really useful setbacks from the planning fee.
The proposed ordinance, now in entrance of the board, would require a turbine to be one-half mile from a dwelling and 1,500 toes from a property line.
And a few in favor need the setbacks to be even stricter.
“A wind turbine inside a thousand toes of my property line doesn’t give sufficient clearance for a helicopter to go up and are available again down, flip round in an effort to spray our crops. That’s our livelihood,” mentioned one farmer.
Fearful a couple of household farm, similar to one other man who spoke.
Nonetheless, the 2 have completely different views of the setbacks.
“The RWE wind mission plans to have between 40 and 60 wind generators the place the lease funds are a gradual annual revenue for a household farm,” mentioned Dan Storjohann.
Others in opposition to the setbacks say if authorised, the setbacks would primarily ban wind power in Pottawattamie County.
“It appears fairly obvious that the latest setback proposals have one clear goal and that’s to kill the Treynor wind mission,” mentioned Patricia Fuller.
Now, the board is discussing the general public enter and the place issues go from right here.
