Zoning
Small Wind System Ordinance
This model ordinance for small wind systems comes from Renew Wisconsin. Click here to download the model ordinance.
Wind Energy: Model Ordinance Options
This publication from NYSERDA outlines considerations for ordinances related to wind energy. Click here to download the document from the NYSERDA web site.
Permitting Small Wind Turbines: A Handbook
This guidebook from AWEA discusses permitting for small wind energy systems. Click here to download the guidebook from the AWEA web site.
Mason City, IA Zoning for Wind Energy Conversion Systems
Mason City, IA has this ordinance related to zoning of wind projects. Click on the link below to view the ordinance.
Minnesota Model Wind Ordinance
Several counties in Southwestern Minnesota have developed a model zoning ordinance wind systems under 5MW for other counties in the state to adopt. A downloadable version of this document can be found here.
Setback
A term used in siting and permitting for the construction of structures that refers to the distance from the base of the structure to existing easements, roads, buildings, bodies of water, or other geographic or man-made structures or property lines.
