Wind turbine in Cape up to code with land purchase

 Wind turbine in Cape up to code with land purchase

By BRIAN KELLY
TIMES STAFF WRITER
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010

A Cape Vincent man's personal wind turbine will be allowed to stay up after he purchased an adjacent lot, a move which enabled him to bring the structure into compliance with town codes.
Roger D. Alexander, of 35157 County Route 7, spent about $80,000 to build the 92-foot structure last summer after obtaining what he believed was a valid "accessory use" permit to do so from Zoning Enforcement Officer Alan N. Wood.

The Zoning Board of Appeals later ruled that the permit was not valid, stating that in order to have an accessory use structure taller than 35 feet on the otherwise vacant parcel, there must also be a "principal use."

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