pat-michigan - 5/5/2024 19:40
1066ih - 5/5/2024 11:03
One difference between solar and wind is, solar does not infringe on your neighbor's land. A wind turbine 100 feet from your neighbors fence means now your neighbor cannot build anything on his property for at least 1/4 mile (depending on zoning) or possibly up to half a mile. Since quarters are half a mile wide you have taken your neighbors rights to build away from him. What if you are the neighbor? Do you want your neighbor telling you what you can/cannot do on your property? Both are a scam on the taxpayer so anyone who takes money from one is just taking tax dollars from us all.
There was an anti-turbine group here who were using the term "trespass zoning". They were telling anyone who'd listen that a turbine on a neighboring property would limit how the the non-participating land owner could use their property in the future. Here anyway, that is absolutely false. No basis in fact whatsoever.
The turbine setbacks only apply to the turbine. I have turbines next door to me. I have none. I still have the ability to build anything legal in my township that I could before the turbines were installed. The zoning says the turbine has to be placed whatever distance off the property line the zoning board decided on. There's no mention at all about how far from a turbine I have to be on my property.
If your ever on the fence about wind turbines...
