{"id":15966,"date":"2010-12-05T16:47:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T22:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=15966"},"modified":"2010-12-05T16:47:36","modified_gmt":"2010-12-05T22:47:36","slug":"orono-resident-wants-to-go-green-and-the-city-says-nyet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=15966","title":{"rendered":"Orono Resident Wants to Go Green and the City Says &#8220;Nyet!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jay Nygard wants to erect a small wind turbine in an unobtrusive spot on his own property.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/local\/west\/111321824.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUsX\">Nygard admits he poured a concrete pad for the turbine after the city  rejected his application for a building permit<\/a>. But he and his attorney  claim the city is overstepping its authority and discouraging a  homeowner and entrepreneur from helping the environment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here I&#8217;m trying to go green and they&#8217;re trying to throw me in jail,&#8221; Nygard said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the interesting part:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;even though Orono doesn&#8217;t explicitly ban wind generators in Nygard&#8217;s  neighborhood, the city has broad authority to limit what people build on  their property.&#8221;We&#8217;re not going to discourage people from doing green things,&#8221; White said. &#8220;It&#8217;s just when and where.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;city zoning ordinances typically prohibit everything that is not explicitly allowed&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Discuss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay Nygard wants to erect a small wind turbine in an unobtrusive spot on his own property. Nygard admits he poured a concrete pad for the turbine after the city rejected his application for a building permit. But he and his attorney claim the city is overstepping its authority and discouraging a homeowner and entrepreneur [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15966"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15974,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15966\/revisions\/15974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}