ATTICA--The Town Board approved a Small Wind Energy Conservation Act at its meeting Monday.
The new law allows private residents and small businesses to erect small wind turbines for the purpose of reducing high energy costs on site.
"This law has been three years in the making," said Town Supervisor Doug Patti. "It started when UPC Wind was interested in developing a wind farm in 2006."
Town Board members spoke with several towns that were developing wind farms, Patti said. The Town Board also conducted a survey of town residents to know the desires of the town, he said.
"When this started, we promised a slow, methodical approach and we've done that," Patti said.
The new law allows for a maximum height of 120 feet for a turbine on a property of more than two acres and 65 feet for a turbine on a property of less than two acres. Turbines must also produce no more than 50 decibels when measured from the nearest inhabited house, Patti said.
"We think we've done what the majority of people in Attica want," Patti said. "We arrived at a law that is good for the majority."
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