Wind Power Runs Into Zoning Rules

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2007/may/25/052502608.html

MELISSA, Texas (AP) - An orange flag marks where Gary Lisle planned to put up a 33-foot windmill behind his house. But that's about as far as his green idea got in this Dallas suburb.

Denied a building permit in March, Lisle joined the growing ranks of frustrated homeowners across the U.S. whose hopes of harvesting wind energy in their backyards have been dashed.

Some communities have outlawed residential turbines. Others entangle applicants in so much red tape that they simply give up.

"The fact is, we're dealing with ignorance," said Lisle, whose turbine would resemble a big pinwheel with three small blades spinning atop a flagpole.

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. You are allowed to build McMansions with a grass border of one inch but you can't

put up windmills.

Welcome to America.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Weathervanes: decorative. Windmills: unsightly.

Repeat this until you understand it.

(Oh, yeah ... :sarcasm:)