Pott. County passes modified wind farm ordinance after spirited community debate [Video]

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (KMTV) — The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors passed a wind energy ordinance on Tuesday that sets out requirements for potential wind farms, as well as solar farms, in the county. The possibility of wind turbines near rural homes caused controversy in the county. Large numbers of residents showed up to community meetings to weigh in on the issue.

• Charity Duey is a community activist who opposed the original ordinance because she believed turbines would be too tall and too close to her house.
• Duey is also concerned with absentee landowners installing wind turbines: “They’re okay with putting it where they don’t have to live with it, but they don’t want it next to them. And that is definitely a point of contention with the people that live in the community.”
• Video shows … a rural property near Treynor, Iowa in the winter; footage from a community …