Pursuant to the ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 11-13-26, the city may regulate wind farms and electric generating wind devices within its zoning jurisdiction and within the 1.50 mile radius surrounding its zoning jurisdiction. The city desires to prohibit WECS towers within its zoning jurisdiction and within certain areas of the 1.50 mile radius surrounding its city zoning jurisdiction. All other areas within the 1.50 mile radius surrounding the city’s zoning jurisdiction that the city has not prohibited WECS towers, the city defers the construction, erection and installation of WECS towers within this area of Ford County, Illinois, to the County of Ford regulations which require special use permits that are regulated by the zoning enforcing officer of the County of Ford, Illinois. Standards for WECS and WECS towers in these areas are regulated by Appendix A (Standards for Wind Energy Conversion Systems) to the Ford County Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 09-07, passed 1-19-09)