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Small-Scale Residential Wind Turbines

Public Comment

Review Schedule:
To Be Determined Board of County Commissioners
September 14, 2010 Estes Park Town Board
August 24, 2010 Estes Park Town Board
Ordinance 20-10 to extend moratorium
August 17, 2010 Estes Valley Planning Commission
Draft 9 Small Wind Turbines
July 13, 2010 Estes Park Town Board discussion of moratorium on building permits for wind turbines
Remanded to Planning Commission
June 22, 2010 Estes Park Town Board Disapproved
Public hearing for review and comment
Draft 8Small Wind Turbines
May 18, 2010 Estes Valley Planning Commission
First public hearing for initial review and comment
Draft 7Small Wind Turbines
Recommended approval with revisions
April 20, 2010 Estes Valley Planning Commission
First public hearing for initial review and comment
Draft 6Small Wind Turbines
Continued to May meeting
April 19, 2010 Micro-Wind Final Documents
Town Board Ordinance 11-10
County Commissioner's Resolution
Exhibit A - Clean Version
April 19, 2010 Board of County Commissioners Approved
Larimer County Courthouse, 3:00 p.m.
Micro-Wind Energy Conversion Systems
Memo to County Commissioners                             Exhibit A

March 30, 2010
(Special meeting due to cancellation of March 23rd meeting)

Estes Park Town Board Approved
Reading of Draft 5, which includes revisions from Planning Commission meeting of March 16, 2010
Micro-Wind Energy Conversion Systems
March 16, 2010 Estes Valley Planning Commission
Draft 5 — First public hearing for initial review and comment on Micro Wind Energy Conversion Systems —
Recommended approval with minor revisions

Staff Report on Small Wind TurbinesContinued to April meeting
March 9, 2010 Estes Park Town Board — Agenda item to continue moratorium
Moratorium extended to August 31, 2010
February 23, 2010 Estes Park Town Board
Staff Memo to Town Board
Draft 4 - Exhibit A                  Draft 4 - Exhibit B

Remanded to Planning Commission to make minor revisions to Draft 4-Micro Wind Energy Conversion Systems.
January 26, 2010 Estes Park Town Board
Staff Report to Town Board
First reading of Draft 3  — Town Board of Trustees determined to review small-scale residential wind turbines independently from the smaller micro-wind systems. Revised drafts will be presented to the Town Board on February 23, 2010
December 15, 2009 Estes Valley Planning Commission 
First public hearing for initial review and comment on Draft 3

Draft 3 Approval with minor revisions recommended to Town Board
December 8, 2009 Estes Park Town Board
Town Board of Trustees extended the moratorium on the issuance of any building permit by the Community Development Department for the installation of any wind turbine within the Town of Estes Park.
Moratorium extended to March 8, 2010
November 17, 2009 Estes Valley Planning Commission
First public hearing for initial review and comment on Draft 2
Continued to December 15, 2009
November 12, 2009 Estes Valley Planning Commission Special Meeting
First public hearing for initial review and comment on Draft 1

Technical Feasibility Presentation by Utilities Engineer Reuben Bergsten
Setback Illustrations by Community Development Director Bob Joseph
Problem Statement

Continued to November 17, 2009
August 13, 2009 Public Forum #2
Notes
August 11, 2009 Town Board of Trustees placed a 120-day moratorium on the issuance of any building permit by the Community Development Department for the installation of any wind turbine within the Town of Estes Park.
Moratorium is set to expire December 11, 2009
April 30, 2009 Public Forum #1
Slide Presentation by Community Development Director Bob Joseph
Notes
 

Click here to view the Renewable Energy Survey Results

 

If you have questions about the proposed changes or the timeframe for their review, please contact the Community Development Department at bjoseph@estes.org or 970-577-3721.

What is the process for adopting revisions to the Development Code?
Proposed revisions to the Estes Valley Development Code are considered and adopted through a public hearing process that is held before the respective elected boards, the Estes Park Town Board of Trustees and the Larimer County Board of County Commissioners, with each acting independently.

Proposed changes are first heard by the Estes Valley Planning Commission. If the Planning Commission recommends approval of the revisions, they are presented to the Estes Park Town Board of Trustees at the following two monthly Town Board meetings. If the Town Board approves the changes, they are presented to the Larimer County Board of County Commissioners at their meeting a month later.

If the revisions are approved by both the Town Board and Larimer County Commissioners, they are adopted into the Estes Valley Development Code.

 

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