Inasmuch as Ashe County has determined that certain windmills are possibly exempt under the North Carolina Mountain Ridge Protection Act as codified under G.S. Chapter 113A, Article 14, and pursuant to the authority granted to counties by G.S. §160D-910 and other pertinent statutes and amendments thereto, it is the purpose of this chapter to regulate the use of wind energy systems and to describe the conditions by which a permit for installing such a system may be obtained.
(Am. Ord. passed 7-17-23)