Federal Hill resident seeks approval for wind turbine
Looking to lower her carbon footprint, and offset the rising cost of her BGE bill, Marsha Vitow is endeavoring to become the first Baltimore City resident to install a wind turbine on her roof.It may seem like a logical next step in a city whose mayor has pushed a "cleaner, greener" agenda. But as eco-friendly as Baltimore is striving to become with extra tree plantings and recycling pickups, Vitow has run into some old-fashioned problems: decades old zoning laws don't account for a wind turbine and some of her Federal Hill neighbors don't want to look at it.
The matter will be decided Tuesday, when Vitow goes before the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals for a variance to build above the 35-foot residential height limit. Officials, who routinely approve roof decks, and additions, can't say how it will go. <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bal-wind-turbine-0803,0,62245.story?track=rss">http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bal-wind-turbine-0803,0,62245.story?track=rss</a>;
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