HomeMy WebLinkAbout18290 - RESOLUTIONS - 2/2/1994 RESOLUTION NO. 18290
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF
SUBSTANTIAL CONFORMANCE #4 - COMMERCIAL WECS
PERMIT #24 OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY.
' WHEREAS Wintec Ltd. is proposing to redevelop its wind energy
project, from 177 existing turbines to 16 turbines with a total
height of 178 feet, under Substantial Conformance #4, Commercial
WECS Permit #24 of Riverside County; and
WHEREAS the wind industry has experienced many changes and
improvements in technology since Riverside County approved
Commercial WECS Permit #24 in 1984, which allow larger, but
significantly fewer, machines to produce an equivalent amount of
power; and
WHEREAS the City of Palm Springs is considering Annexation #26
which would encompass the affected project if approved; and
WHEREAS the City of Palm Springs is correspondingly considering the
adoption of new ordinances to govern the development of wind energy
projects should Annexation #26 be approved; and
WHEREAS the current draft of such ordinances would permit a total
wind energy machine height of 200 feet; and
WHEREAS the application for Substantial Conformance #4, Commercial
%ECS Permit #24 is consistent with the proposed ordinances of the
City of Palm Springs regulating wind energy projects.
' NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Palm Springs, California, as follows:
Section 1. The City Council recommends, to the Riverside
County Planning Department, approval of Substantial
Conformance #4 which allows the redevelopment of
Commercial WECS Permit #24 with a maximum of 30
machines of a height no greater than 200 feet.
ADOPTED this 2nd day of February , 1994.
AYES: Members Hodges, Lyons, Reller-Spurgin, Schlendorf and Mayor Maryanov
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY F PALM SPR C IFORNIA
By__
City Clerk City ager
' REVIEWED & APPROVED: �• /�J.
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