CAPE VINCENT — The town Planning Board asked the Town Council not to hold a public hearing next week on a proposed wind development zoning ordinance, citing missing information.
The Planning Board, meeting Wednesday night, voted 5-0 on the resolution. The hearing for the law was to be Monday.
"On initial blush through the law, it looks satisfactory," Chairman Richard J. Edsall said. "But after a more thorough examination, I saw there was an error made in the law, a section left out."
Supervisor Thomas K. Rienbeck said later that the missing section would strictly exclude wind turbines from the river and lake districts."I didn't notice it until this morning," he said.
Adding it back in "would be significant enough to require another public hearing," he said.
Mr. Rienbeck said he would talk to each of the council members today to decide whether to cancel the public hearing.
"It's probably safe to say that public hearing will be canceled," he said.
Once the changes are made to the law, the Planning Board will make its recommendations first before another public hearing is scheduled, Mr. Rienbeck said.
Mr. Edsall explained to the crowd at the meeting that the Planning Board has to review any proposed zoning amendment and submit recommendations to the Town Council.
The law, which the council voted to move forward with Nov. 12, would regulate the placement of both personal and commercial wind turbines. Critics have said it would not restrict the turbines enough because it leaves out clear-cut noise criteria. The town had a committee work for five months on a recommended law that included language on measuring and regulating noise.
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