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Public hearing on wind farm may prompt vote: Ashe County may adopt ordinance to control development on mountains.

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| February 04, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Winston-Salem Journal. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Monte Mitchell

Feb. 4--JEFFERSON Ashe County commissioners are expected to consider adopting an ordinance on wind-energy systems after a public hearing that will start at 5 p.m. Monday in the Ashe County Courthouse. The ordinance is a response to a proposed commercial wind farm of 25 to 28 wind turbines in Creston. The ordinance is virtually identical to a wind-energy-systems ordinance adopted in Watauga County last August, but there is a significant difference in the first sentence of Ashe's ordinance. It says that the county "has determined the North Carolina Mountain Ridge Protection Act is in effect." Opponents of commercial wind farms in the…

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