Just For A Frame Of Reference - The Size Of The Proposed Solar Array Given Two Illegal Permits By Cape Vincent "Zoning Experts"!

If you have been following my recent posts you know I have been examining the town's new zoning law melt down over a large solar array that was improperly granted TWO illegal permits.  If you haven't been reading lately please go back and review the posts to gain an understanding of how big a screw up this really is and the woman who now has twice been badly aggrieved by Town of Cape Vincent zoning goof ups!  But this time it was our new CV govt "zoning experts".

As a result  I would say that makes this screw up a magnitude or two worse that the screw up by our former zoning officer Al Wood who allowed an illegal wind turbine on the same property you will see in some pictures below!

Below is a picture of the approximate size of the solar array in question just so we all  have a frame of reference.  According to the permit and public hearing letter this illustration will be within a few sq. ft.  The array is 72ft. x 10 ft.  Note the illustration of the small pickup truck for a reference. The pick up is about 5 ft. high and I staked out 72 ft. on the ground.

Note - The picture IS NOT taken at the proposed location of the array.

Fact is the permit allows TWO of these huge arrays totaling  1440 sq. ft...not just one.

                               Home of a neighbor.  This home is 60 ft. long.

                Just for scale, the solar array in comparison to the same house.

NOTE:  The solar array is obviously NOT going to be placed in front of this house!
This is just a scale comparison so you can see how big one of the two illegally permitted arrays will actually be!  The arrays will be back and on the property to the right in this picture.

No wonder our new law prohibits this size ground mounted solar array in the River Dist.  I would not want to live close to this.  The owner won't live right near this array either.  He lives down the road where this array will probably be out of site...well except for his neighbors!!!