A group opposed to the building of a wind power project on Rollins Mountain in Lincoln have filed an appeal with the Lincoln Appeals Board. They are arguing that the wind turbines should be considered “power generating facilities,” as opposed to “major public utilities.” Because the area is zoned residential, if the wind turbines are considered generating facilities they should be be permitted.
The Lincoln Planning Board used “ludicrous” arguments in shoehorning a proposed $130 million wind farm into its regulations, a Bar Harbor lawyer opposing the board’s approval of the proposal contended Tuesday.
Representing a group opposing the project, the Friends of Lincoln Lakes, attorney Lynne A. Williams filed an appeal with the Lincoln Appeals Board on Monday charging that First Wind’s turbines do not belong in residential zones of Rollins Mountain, where the project is slated to go if it is approved by Maine Department of Environmental Protection and other agencies.
In her two-page appeal, Williams said the board’s 6-1 approval Dec. 1 violated its own, and most other, municipal land-use ordinances for residential zones.
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