Lyme council passes law restricting wind farms

JAEGUN LEE
TIMES STAFF WRITER
SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012

THREE MILE BAY — After a heated public debate over setbacks and noise limits, Lyme’s Town Council adopted a set of zoning rules Saturday that are so strict industrial wind farms will not be feasible in the town.

The council voted 4-1 with Deputy Supervisor Donald R. Bourquin casting the sole “no” vote because he thought the turbine noise caps should be consistent with the neighboring town of Cape Vincent’s less restrictive standards to make it more “defendable” when considered by a state siting board under New York’s Article X process.


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