SPM News, 07.08.21, 4:32
After three public hearings, this week the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors this week approve a new commercial wind farm ordinance that does not exclude the Loess Hills area.
Board member Mark Monson had requested that the Loess Hills be a restricted area and that change was made after the first hearing. That restriction was removed Tuesday night.
Several community members said restricting wind farm construction would violate land owner’s rights.
Sioux City property owner Tom Bride sits on the Zoning Commission. Bride said people are upset that the board was proposing to take away a third of the land held by private ownership.