Home sales in Plymouth should continue per usual and not be affected by wind turbine placements. On Saturday, October 19th, a roll call vote was taken at Town Meeting and Plymouth's zoning bylaw on wind energy facilities will remain as currently written.
The more restrictive policy was defeated. The amendment called for:
- Limiting the height of turbines and,
- Creation of two overlay districts where facilities could be built. Those districts would be near the Shops at 5 and near Colony Place.
According to some members, the proposed districts offered no viable locations for turbines and the proposed bylaw would not allow for a wind turbines to to be built. Others felt new overlay districts could have been included. The tenor of the meeting suggested that bylaws were changing from liberal to a restrictive position. Maybe there is some middle ground to be had?
There are bound to be more proposals in future as Plymouth deals with its bylaws and policies on wind energy. For those buying and selling homes in Plymouth, it may be wise to keep tuned to Town Meeting information and future proposals regarding wind turbines and policies.
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