Lyme to vote on extending moratorium

Lyme to vote on extending moratorium
By NANCY MADSEN
TIMES STAFF WRITER
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2009

CHAUMONT — The Lyme Town Council will vote on extending the town's moratorium on wind power turbines at its April meeting.

At the council meeting Wednesday night, members said the moratorium should be extended while the legal battle over the town's wind development zoning law continues. A public hearing on the moratorium will begin at 6:15 p.m. April 8 at the town office.

The council passed a strict wind development zoning law May 6 despite a petition from 10 landowners representing more than 20 percent of affected land protesting the decision. Supreme Court Judge Hugh A. Gilbert agreed with the landowners Aug. 21, saying the council acted "arbitrarily and capriciously" when it rejected the petition.
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