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Washtenaw Resources

• Site Selection Report (PDF; See also: Site Selection Report Figures and Appendices)
• Information Pamphlet
• Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners Resolution

Outside Resources

• University of Michigan Department of Aerospace, Oceanic and Space Sciences
• City of Ann Arbor Energy Office
• Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association
• Michigan State Energy Office
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Michigan Wind Working Group
• NEXTENERGY

Informational Material

• MSU Extension brochure "Michigan Land Use Guidelines for Siting Wind Turbines"
• Michigan Tall Structures Act, PA 259 of 1959
• Annual Report on Wind Power Installation, Cost and Performance Trends: 2006. Wiser, Ryan and Mark Boliinger. U.S. DOE.
• Michigan Siting Guidelines for Energy Systems
• Proceedings of the Wind Energy and Birds/Bats Workshop: Understanding and Resolving Bird and Bat Impacts. Washington, DC. May 18-19, 2004. Prepared by RESOLVE, Inc., Washington, D.C., Susan Savitt Schwartz, ed. September 2004.
• Wind Turbine Development: Location of Manufacturing Jobs. Sterzenger, George and Matt Svrcek. Renewable Energy Policy Project. 2004.
• New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) report "Wind Energy: Model Ordinance Options" is part of the NYSERDA "Wind Energy Toolkit"

Model Wind Energy Ordinances

• Model Wind Energy Ordinance for communities within Washtenaw County, based off of the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth's (DLEG) Siting Guidelines
• Model Wind Energy Ordinance as permitted by right use, from the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association's County Wind Energy Planning Project in cooperation with Manistee County, MI.
• Safety and Setbacks Model Wind Energy Ordinance for large scale wind energy systems
• Model Wind Energy Ordinance as zoning overlay  
• Small Wind Energy Systems Ordinance from the Wisconsin Focus on Energy Program

Sample Wind Energy Ordinances

• Otsego County, MI allows wind generation towers as a special use.
• Bridgehampton Township, Sanilac County, MI allows wind energy through a zoning overlay district.
• Huron County, MI created a wind energy facility zoning overlay district.  In addition, the County amended the zoning regulations in agricultural districts to permit wind energy facilities by right. 
• • Wind energy facility overlay district
  • Agricultural district amendments