HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The proposed wind farm in southeast Reno County has commissioners considering what they call overlay zoning. It’s used for specific businesses that may want to build in the county.

County Commissioner Bob Bush talked about this controversy with some residents in the Haven area who want a moratorium on any wind towers being built in the county until any zoning can be put in place.

Bush discusses the concern surrounding wind towers in incorporated and unincorporated parts of the county:

 

At a meeting earlier this month, NextEra Energy told the commission it would abide by zoning in place in the unincorporated area as the company will have to do in the incorporated areas.

Bush wants to make it clear that any zoning put in place by the county would only be for certain industry:

 

Bush says he understands that residents of the rural areas of the county live there to avoid all the zoning issues. But, the commission wants to make sure it is protected from certain forms of industry:

 

The planning commission will put together some form of zoning for those areas. That could take up to six months.