WHEREAS municipalities do not have industry professionals on staff to be advising council what constraints should be in zoning bylaws.

WHEREAS elected officials should not be responsible for setting restrictions where there could be potential health concerns.

WHEREAS these projects are stemming from provincial and federal governments to advance renewable energy.

BE IT RESOLVED that SARM lobby the provincial government to have provincial standards and regulations in place for wind turbine design constraints including but not limited to setbacks from residence, other industries, property lines and height restrictions.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if the provincial government is not willing to introduce standards and regulations for wind turbines then a moratorium be implemented on wind projects in the province until there are regulations for municipalities to follow.