Plymouth Wind Turbines & Setbacks To Bourne Residents

Plymouth Wind Turbines & Setbacks To Bourne Residents

Town of Bourne Wind Turbine Zoning Regulations

3460. WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS (WECS). Page 86

3461. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide for the development and use of wind power as an alternative energy source, benefiting both the economy and theenvironment, while protecting public health, safety and welfare, preserving environmental, historic and scenic resources, controlling noise levels andpreventing electromagnetic interference.

6. Setbacks. (except for acoustic setback covered under “Noise”..
a) NWES and CWES shall observe a setback distance from allproperty lines equal to the Safety Zone.
b) No part of the WECS support structure, including guy wire anchors, may extend closer to the property boundaries than the standard structure setbacks for the zone where the land is located.

8. Noise.8.1 All WECS shall observe a minimum acoustical setback from any adjacent residentially used or zoned parcel a distance of at least ten(10) times rotor diameter, measured from the closest part of the WECS tower to the closest property line of all residentially used or zoned parcels.

See pages 88 through 92 for additional noise reglulations

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