A citizens group opposing the proposed $130 million wind farm, which the Lincoln Planning Board recently approved, has filed an appeal with the Lincoln Appeals Board, says the planning board violated land-use ordinances.
Bar Harbor attorney Lynne Williams filed the appeal Monday on behalf of Friends of Lincoln Lakes, saying the planning board incorrectly treated the 40 380-foot wind turbines as major public utilities and violated municipal land-use ordinances for residential zones near Rollins Mountain, according to the Bangor Daily News. Williams told the paper that lumping a wind turbine into the same category as electricity, telephone and cable television was “ludicrous,” and that wind farms should be treated as industrial projects. The planning board voted 6-1 earlier this month to approve the wind farm, proposed by Massachusetts-based First Wind for a ridgeline that stretches through Burlington, Lincoln, Lee and Winn.
The appeals board is scheduled to hear the matter on Jan. 8.
