Two Reno County women, one living within the zoned portion of the county and one outside, appealed to the Reno County Commission Tuesday to impose a six-month moratorium on development of wind farms in the county.
The Commission last week sent the issue of a proposed countywide zoning layer for certain commercial uses, including wind farms, back to the Reno County Planning Commission to draft a proposal.
While recognizing it would take 3 to 6 months to get new zoning in place, however, officials declined in the meantime to put a moratorium on development.
“The planning commission indicated there is a limited need for this zoning and it is not urgent,” said Kristina Horsch, 22591 Kent Road. “I disagree. NextEra is in the county researching and building meteorological towers… We were told yesterday they’d finalized their map.”
(Read more: Local – The Hutchinson News)