Eliot (ME) seeks to allow renewable resources (no NIMYs he-ah)

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http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071208/GJNEWS_01/712080071

ELIOT, Maine — Two town ordinances will one day allow residents to put wind energy and solar devices on their property, if they wish to.

Planning Assistant Kate Pelletier said, currently, Eliot has nothing in the land-use table allowing for the building of either kinds of energy-saving fixtures.

In May, however, the Eliot Energy Commission began creating the ordinances. Energy Commission Chair Dan Gair said currently, without these ordinances, the planning board can call into question the building of either kind of device.

"By adopting it and codifying it, then it becomes an accepted permitted use," Gair said about solar power devices and wind turbines. Secondly, the ordinances will provide clear guidelines on what is allowable and permissible, in regards to both kinds of energy saving items.

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