Pursuant to the ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 11-13-26, the city may regulate wind farms and electric generating wind devices within its zoning jurisdiction and within the 1.50 mile radius surrounding its zoning jurisdiction. The city desires to prohibit WECS towers within its zoning jurisdiction and within certain areas of the 1.50 mile radius surrounding its city zoning jurisdiction. All other areas within the 1.50 mile radius surrounding the city’s zoning jurisdiction that the city has not prohibited WECS towers, the city defers the construction, erection and installation of WECS towers within this area of Ford County, Illinois, to the County of Ford regulations which require special use permits that are regulated by the zoning enforcing officer of the County of Ford, Illinois. Standards for WECS and WECS towers in these areas are regulated by Appendix A (Standards for Wind Energy Conversion Systems) to the Ford County Zoning Ordinance.

(Ord. 09-07, passed 1-19-09)

   (A)   For the purposes of §§ 151.150 and 151.152 of this subchapter, the city is hereby divided into four quadrants determined as follows:

      (1)   The east and west is divided by Route 45, which runs in a northerly and southerly direction through the city; and

      (2)   The north and south is divided by Route 9, which runs in a easterly and westerly direction through the city.

   (B)   That part of the city lying north of Route 9 and west of Route 45 shall hereinafter be referred to as Quadrant 1. That part of the city lying north of Route 9 and east of Route 45 shall hereinafter be referred to as Quadrant 2. That part of the city lying south of Route 9 and east of Route 45 shall hereinafter be referred to as Quadrant 3. That part of the city lying south of Route 9 and west of Route 45 shall hereinafter be referred to as Quadrant 4.

(Ord. 09-07, passed 1-19-09)

   (D)   Quadrant 4. In Quadrant 4, no WECS tower shall be constructed, erected, installed nor located within the city limits of the city nor within a distance of one mile from the legally established boundaries of the city such boundary to be determined as of the date 180 days prior to the filing of an application for a special use permit for a WECS tower with the city or with the County of Ford, Illinois, which distance shall be measured from the closest city corporate limit boundary line to the center of the WECS tower foundation.

(Ord. 09-07, passed 1-19-09)

   A special use variation to the provisions of §§ 151.150, 151.151 and 151.152 may be granted pursuant to and subject to the requirements of § 151.159 of this code.

(Ord. 09-07, passed 1-19-09)