NEWBURYPORT — The City Council's Planning and Development committee will continue its review and discussion of the city's wind turbine ordinance on July 9.
The committee began looking over the ordinance in April. The City Council had agreed to re-examine the ordinance and possibly make changes after neighbors in the Back Bay neighborhood voiced their opposition to the 292-foot turbine put up by business owner Mark Richey on his woodworking facility site in the industrial park.
During the committee's first hearing, a crowd of neighbors to Richey's property and other concerned citizens offered suggestions on how the document could be altered, urging that the setback requirements be changed and saying there should be better notification from the city if such proposals are being reviewed.
The City Council passed an ordinance in May 2008 to encourage the use of the alternative power source for businesses in the city and to guide how they are built.
The Planning and Development Committee will meet at 7 p.m. in City Hall Auditorium to continue its discussion of the ordinance.
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