Let’s say a neighbor sells to a new owner who moves in approx. 1500’ + or -feet across the field from you and they in turn decide to play music or generate some other offensive noise to you and your family. Then this continues off and on around the clock (24/7) that would be approx. 50db or even 40 db approx. 100’ from your house. Now add very low inaudible frequencies produced by Wind Farm Towers that is being researched in regards to neighbors to Wind Farms that has brought health complaints of such from around the world. Do you feel that would affect you and your loved ones’ sleep or mental health, and well being, etc. in any respect if Wind Farms were to be allowed in our County?
Then we could throw in addition to the above that the same new neighbor might want to put up a 450’ or taller flag pole (with proper permitting). Then he attaches this huge flag that is approx. 130’ or longer that with the right winds that in the right sunlight whips so that the light in your favorite room of the house would be like the sunlight goes on and off like the flipping of a switch. Annoying? It seems to agitate and annoy some folks where it happens to them. No doubt this last portion of the scenario would never happen, but this visual reflects the idea that correlates to wind farm’s effects to its neighbors.
Usually zoning laws refer to the “Quiet enjoyment” of one’s property. Would the above scenarios affect yours? This directly correlates to Wind Farms.
Another big issue here of years past over communication towers was the issue of a neighboring property owners “view” or “vista” being affected by tower siting. This infringement seems to be ignored in respect to Wind Farms.
Now add new declarations by manufactures of Wind Farm towers that new generation Wind Generation Towers will reach an overall height of approximately 900’ to the utmost blade tip and the overall width of new blades would encompass a swath of approximately 800’ across. This would be staggering to the view for many more miles than a unit half its size as originally proposed in Southern Marshall County by Nextera. These towers would be nearly as tall as the 1000’ high Broadcast towers on the south side of South Bend and approximately 800’ across and rotating. Think this would affect any neighbors?
Why would we let the receiving pocketbooks of the farms trample the rights of the non-receiving neighbors? It has also not been proven that the taxes from Wind Farms will offset the heavy asset devaluation, and tax losses from non-recipient homes adjacent to Wind Farms.
The County Commissioners stated that the zoning should be what is best for ALL of Marshall County. Maybe I am wrong, but I don’t see that Wind Farms are good for all, as the benefits are for a few and the negatives are for at least as many folks and probably more
John Stone