Municipality of Inverness County

Notice of Public Hearing

Inverness County Wind Turbine Development

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the Municipality of the County of Inverness intends to consider and, if deemed advisable, adopt amendments to the Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use Bylaw for the County of Inverness Concerning the Regulation of Wind Turbine Development to implement stricter development standards for utility scale wind turbines including new setback requirements from the coastline, property lines and residences, revised noise requirements, as well as the adoption a revised zoning map increasing the area where the Utility-Scale Turbine Exclusion (UTE-1) zone applies. The amendments under consideration can be found here:

• Amending Pages as recommended to Council from the November 21, 2024 Inverness County Planning Advisory Committee.
• Memo to the Inverness County Committee of the Whole

Written or oral presentations (for or against the amendment) can be made before Municipal Council at a Public Hearing to be held:

Date:         Wednesday March 19^th, 2025
Time:         6:00 p.m.
Location:  Municipal Administrative Building, 375Main St, Port Hood

Copies of the Staff Reports can be inspected at the Municipal Office or at the Eastern District Planning Commission, 606 Reeves Street, Unit 3, Port Hawkesbury between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays (excluding holidays), online at www.edpc.ca.

Posted to the Municipality of the County of Inverness website on January 3^rd and in the Inverness Oran on January 8^th and 15^th 2025, in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Government Act.

Next Board meeting:

Tentative Date: Thursday January 9th 2025 at 1:00 PM in the Shannon Studio – Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre

This meeting is open to the Public and notice posted in accordance with Section 203 of the Municipal Government Act