Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Turbine noise raising concerns

It wasn’t noisy, but decibels were the issue during a public hearing at Cohocton’s town board meeting Monday.

The town board tabled a local law regarding windmill decibel levels after a resident raised concerns about noise impacting people on adjacent properties.

The law now goes back to the town planning board for review at their January meeting. It will come before the town board again during their February meeting.

The law deals with decibel levels for residential windmills. The legal limit for all windmills is 45 decibels, regardless of the height difference between residential and industrial turbines.

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