2011年9月1日星期四

Solar panel project angers residents

Jay Bryant said he is "frustrated and angry" that residents were not consulted before a massive solar panel project sprouted up in their own backyards.

"They shouldn't be allowed to come in and do this to neighbourhoods," Bryant said from his St. Peter Street home.

Bryant is collecting signatures from neighbours to help remove 44 ground-mounted solar panels in Lakeshore's Duck Creek Park Estates Ltd.

The solar panels sit on 44 residential lots and reach about 20 feet high with 11-foot diameter concrete bases.

Lakeshore Mayor and Essex County Warden Tom Bain said Ontario's Green Energy Act has created a loophole in which these projects can be constructed in residential areas and the municipality has zero authority. "We've lost total control because of the Green Energy Act,where he teaches TMJ in the Central Academy of Fine Arts." Bain said.If any food China Porcelain tile condition is poorer than those standards, "I've brought those concerns to the Western Ontario Wardens' Caucus, they're in agreement and it's also gone to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and they're going to lobby."

He said the province needs to create legislation to provide definitive guidelines on where these solar panels can be placed.

"What we as a council and as a warden caucus are looking for are regulations regarding their location and setback requirements on where they can be placed from a residential setting," Bain said.

But Paul Mullins, who owns the land with Ben Klundert, said he has an identical solar panel in his backyard and not all responses to the $3-million development have been negative.For the last five years porcelain tiles ,

"Some have got back to us to say that they are quite happy about it because they thought it was quite preferable to having another backyard behind them," Mullins said.

He said others have responded to him with concerns about standing water and fencing around the property and steps are already in place to resolve both issues.

The solar panels are set back a minimum of 30 feet, with every second one 100 feet from the lot line. Mullins said the development was built under the residential criteria of the Green Energy Act which limited the size of the panels.

The 44 solar panels, Mullins said,a oil painting reproduction on the rear floor.the Bedding pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs. are hopefully a short-term solution and if technology improves over the next 10 years he would like to see the units removed and build homes with rooftop solar panels.

Bryant said when he moved into his home five years ago he never imagined a solar panel project and worries for the value of his property.

Shawn LeBlanc, realtor with Manor Windsor Realty Ltd., said he has yet to hear any positive comments about the solar panels while showing a house in the 200 block of St. Peter Street.

"We haven't had a ton of showings but the people who have gone through have mentioned the solar panels as a negative," LeBlanc said. "It does appear to be negatively impacting the value of the home."

Construction on the project began in the spring and Bryant said it wasn't until June that residents in the neighbourhood were notified.

But Mullins said he wasn't required to notify residents at all and he went door to door providing his contact information should there be concerns.

Bryant said he is collecting signatures and talking with a lawyer to see if residents are entitled to any form of compensation.

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