By-Law 900-2002, protecting us against unusual noise, vibration, lights

Hello All

I decided use a question during a Public Meeting on 20th August 2008 featuring presentations about wind energy, to draw attention to the County of Prince Edward  By-Law 900 – 2002. It protects residents and businesses on PEC from unusual noises, vibration and lighting;  I just don’t see any reason in wasting huge amounts of time and money and risking the reputation of PEC, social division if this by-law would make PEC a non starter for large scale on-land industrial wind mining projects.

 

No need to comment....! (mayor Finnegan right)

 

So will the council change the by law? I pose this conundrum to you all…

“By-Law protects rural tranquility”

Good Morning from “Bethel (The house of God!) Road.” 

If you live on or have visited the “artistic haven” of Prince Edward County I am sure that you value the kind of peace and tranquility that it offers, such as this misty rural scene and big sky, that I photographed near my Sophiasburgh home, Ontario, last week.

 

"A Big Sky on Bethel Road"

 

A page on the PEC municipality website ¹ features a 2008 Queens University report. ² This highlights the beautiful un-commercialized “County” scenery as an important part of the “Place Factor” the driving force behind the creative rural economy that has driven PEC to success over recent years, adding an estimated $65million (2006)in additional annual revenue to the local economy  (worth over $5000 per household!)

Alongside traditional agriculture, accolades such as Ontario’s Gastronomic Capital 2008 ³ peace and tranquility certainly appear to be a key part of a very valuable rural economy, one worth protecting. Fortunately for PEC residents, a local by-law 900-2002 ⁴  does just that. It protects homes from unusual annoying noises, flashing or twinkling lights and ground vibration.

The Effect of Wind Farms on Local House Prices

Location, Location, Location – the three golden words of property value. Improve elements of the location and it figures that house prices go up, reduce them and my home is less desirable so it would figure that the price some is prepared to pay will go down.

Therefore if large scale wind farms are Good things we should see increasing values, if they are bad then one can conclude that the reverse should hold.

It goes without saying that all wind turbine companies report that we should not feel concerned about the values of our houses dropping if wind farms are built close by or turbines appear in our view. Yet the No camp state the reverse. With some fairly in depth reports mentioned this should be a simple a essay, a good place to to start a detailed examination of the pros and cons of wind turbines.

But life is never that simple!

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