Cape Vincent Citizens Against Turbines

As I posted earlier, Mr. Roger Alexander, the owner of the Lazy Acres Trailer Park and the defunct private wind turbine on Cty Rt 7,  has now applied for a permit to place a large solar array on the same property.

You can see the letter in my previous post that one of  his neighbors received as a notice of a public hearing for the solar array site plan review.

Note that the array size is two arrays at 10 x72 ft. each.  That would be 720 sq. ft.  per array and 1440 sq. total.  Alexander wants to place these arrays on his property that is located in the River Front District  (RF).

If you look at table 8 below which is copied directly from our Cape Vincent zoning law it appears that Mr. Alexander's solar system is not allowed in the RF District due to it size of far more than 100 sq. ft.

Go down the list to SECS (Solar Energy Conversion Systems) and then across to the River Front District (RF).  You will see an X in the box for SECS over 100 sq. ft. which Mr. Alexander's system would be. The X indicates "prohibited".  Indications are that the system he is asking to permit is not a roof mounted system but a free standing array, which in itself opens up other interesting permitting issues.  There are also other issues about this requested solar array siting but I won't get into them right now.

DISTRICT	LF	LR	RF	AR	LM	RP	I	M
Restaurant/Inn	X	S	S	S	S	S	SU	X
Retail	X	S	S	S	S	S	SU	X
Salvage/Scrap Yard	X	X	X	S	SU	X	X	X
SECS – Ground Based 100 sq. ft. max.	SU	SU	SU	SU	SU	SU	SU	X
SECS – Ground Based over 100sq. ft.	X	X	X	SU	SU	X	X	X
SECS – Roof Top	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Self-Storage Facility	X	X	X	S	S	S	X	X
Single-Family/Household Dwelling	P	P	P	P	P	X	P	X
Storage Shed	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	X
Telecommunication Tower(s)	X	X	X	S	S	X	SU	X
Utility	SU	SU	SU	SU	SU	SU	SU	X
Veterinary Practice	X	S	S	S	X	S	X	X
WECS – Industrial > 50kw	X	X	X	SU	X	X	X	X
WECS – Industrial > 10 to < 50kw	X	X	X	SU	X	X	SU	X
WECS – Residential < 10kw	SU	SU	SU	SU	SU	SU	SU	X
Workshop/Studio Building	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	X