To: Raymond Walker, Supervisor, Dwight Greene, Planning Board Chairman, Jerry Tackley, Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman, Joan Treadwell-Woods, Windmill Zoning Ordinance Committee, and Charlotte Richmond, Town Clerk
Henderson's Friends of Small Windmills
PETITION
Simplify the Wind Zoning Ordinance for small privately owned windmills for electric production to include requirements only for mechanical integrity and safety.
• “Mechanical integrity” is assured by approval of NY State Energy Research and Development Authority, or by Internationally Recognized Certification Standards.
• “Safety” is achieved with a setback from the public by the same distance as the "reach" of the system.
Therefore, please revise the Wind Ordinance to allow and encourage private ownership of small windmills for electrical production in any zone in town without limitation of location or height that enables adequate setbacks, on parcels of 2 acres or more, and which meet the approval of NYSERDA (NY State Energy Research and Development Authority), or other IRCS (Internationally Recognized Certification Standards).
Simplify the Wind Zoning Ordinance for small privately owned windmills for electric production to include requirements only for mechanical integrity and safety.
• “Mechanical integrity” is assured by approval of NY State Energy Research and Development Authority, or by Internationally Recognized Certification Standards.
• “Safety” is achieved with a setback from the public by the same distance as the "reach" of the system.
Therefore, please revise the Wind Ordinance to allow and encourage private ownership of small windmills for electrical production in any zone in town without limitation of location or height that enables adequate setbacks, on parcels of 2 acres or more, and which meet the approval of NYSERDA (NY State Energy Research and Development Authority), or other IRCS (Internationally Recognized Certification Standards).
Why is this important?
The soon to be revised Small Windmill Zoning Ordinance should be minimal and simplified to enable the use of privately owned small wind systems without limitation on location or height and to encourage the increase of individual prosperity, independence and self-sufficiency by the suitable use of one's private property.
1. Small windmill systems for private owners have been proven effective to reduce dependence upon commercial electricity.
2. Small windmill systems that have been approved by NYSERDA should be allowed anywhere in Town as long as they can be placed their height away from the public.
Therefore the Zoning Ordinance for Privately Owned Small Windmills should be simple, efficient, inclusive and permissive as a right of land-ownership.
This Petition is approved by Gregory and Dawn Scott, Harvey and Susan Grimshaw, Marty Burdick and Carol Shattuck, Ron and Ora Ditch, David and Dorothy Worthington, Howard and Dona Barney, Michael Fellows, Kim and Robert Bisig and many other friends of small wind energy.
1. Small windmill systems for private owners have been proven effective to reduce dependence upon commercial electricity.
2. Small windmill systems that have been approved by NYSERDA should be allowed anywhere in Town as long as they can be placed their height away from the public.
Therefore the Zoning Ordinance for Privately Owned Small Windmills should be simple, efficient, inclusive and permissive as a right of land-ownership.
This Petition is approved by Gregory and Dawn Scott, Harvey and Susan Grimshaw, Marty Burdick and Carol Shattuck, Ron and Ora Ditch, David and Dorothy Worthington, Howard and Dona Barney, Michael Fellows, Kim and Robert Bisig and many other friends of small wind energy.