Wind turbine opponents score victories in two township elections |
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Daily Telegram By Erik Gable 11/9/2011 Riga Township, Michigan Opponents of wind development in Lenawee County scored a pair of victories in Riga and Ogden townships Tuesday. In Riga Township, residents voted 440 to 236 to uphold an ordinance that wind turbine supporters say effectively bans turbines in the township. The vote means that the turbine ordinance enacted July 6 by the township board will stay in effect. That ordinance requires turbines to be no less than four times their own height from non-participating properties and also limits noise levels to 40 decibels between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. and 45 decibels between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. more....
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