Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
2009
Abstract
A jurisdiction that seeks to enact a municipal wind energy ordinance must first delineate areas suitable for wind energy projects in its comprehensive plan. Then, the municipality must choose a legal mechanism to regulate wind energy projects within those areas. Lastly, the municipality must write specific regulations addressing details such as size, location, and noise. This paper discusses the choices that a municipality in New York must make in drafting a wind energy ordinance, with reference to how existing codified wind energy ordinances and model municipal wind energy ordinances have dealt with these choices.
Disciplines
Environmental Law | Law
Recommended Citation
Jason James,
Developing Municipal Wind Energy Ordinances in New York State,
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School, October 2009
(2009).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climate_change/68
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