This is the exact embedded text of the captured official document.
Snapshot 7e1193e662b6 · verified 2026-10-19 ·
original document ·
archived snapshot ·
unofficial consolidation, the official version is held by the municipal clerk.
ZONING BY-LAW 28/2006 As Amended
23-1
SECTION 23
WIND FARM (WF) ZONE REGULATIONS
The Wind Farm (WF) Zone is intended to apply to lands designated "Agricultural Resource Area" where
multiple wind turbines are located in accordance with the Commercial Wind Generating Systems policies
of the Township of Wellesley Official Plan.
23.1
PERMITTED USES
No land shall be used and no buildings or structures shall be erected, used, or altered in
the Wind Farm (WF) Zone except for the following purposes:
Wind farm;
Uses permitted in the associated Agricultural zone;
Accessory uses to the above permitted uses.
23.2
PERMITTED BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
Buildings and structures for the permitted uses.
23.3
MINIMUM LOT AREA
10.0 hectares
23.4
MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGE
100 metres
23.5
MINIMUM YARD WIDTH/DEPTH
1.0 times the total length of the rotor blade, plus 10.0 metres , from the base of the tower
to the common wind farm zone boundary and any public road right-of-way limit, but not
less than 30 metres.
23.6
MINIMUM WIND TURBINE SETBACK
a)
From an on-site residential use:
1.25 times the height of the wind turbine or
250 metres, whichever is greater
b)
From an off-site residential dwelling
or institutional building:
300 metres
c)
From any lot as shown on Schedule
"B" through "L":
450 metres
23.7
MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE
The use of the lot for wind turbine structures, accessory buildings and structures, road
access, storage areas and any area removed from agricultural production shall not exceed
5% of the lot area.
23.8
EXCEPTIONS - WIND FARM (WF) ZONE