A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing ashe county to use wind-powered electricity generation projects on mountain ridges.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 113A‑206 reads as rewritten:
"§ 113A‑206.  Definitions.
Within the meaning of this Article:
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(3)	"Tall buildings or structures" include any building, structure or unit within a multiunit building with a vertical height of more than 40 feet measured from the top of the foundation of said building, structure or unit and the uppermost point of said building, structure or unit; provided, however, that where such foundation measured from the natural finished grade of the crest or the natural finished grade of the high side of the slope of a ridge exceeds 3 feet, then such measurement in excess of 3 feet shall be included in the 40‑foot limitation described herein; provided, further, that no such building, structure or unit shall protrude at its uppermost point above the crest of the ridge by more than 35 feet. "Tall buildings or structures" do not include:
a.	Water, radio, telephone or television towers or any equipment, including wind-powered electricity generators, for the generation or transmission of electricity or communications or both."
SECTION 2.  This act applies to Ashe County only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.