This law provides for the consideration of applications for site permits for Commercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems. This law is designed to provide adequate and appropriate sites to situate Commercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems within the township to promote the township's economy and to protect public health and general welfare in accordance with its comprehensive use plan. The general goals include, among others, the following specific purposes:

1) To provide, as far as possible, that space will be available for use by Commercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems and related activities, and to protect residents by separating them from permitted activities and by prohibiting the use of such space from new residential development.

2) To encourage and accommodate facilities which are free from danger of fire, explosions, toxic and noxious matter, radiation and other hazards, and from offensive noise, vibration, and other objectionable influences, by permitting such development in areas where this chapter restricts the emission of such nuisances without regard to the specific products or processes involved.

3) To protect adjacent residential and agricultural areas and to protect the residents and other public uses of adjacent properties by restricting Commercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems in the emission of nuisances noted under (2).

4) To promote the most desirable use of land and direction of development in accordance with a comprehensive plan; to promote stability of Commercial Wind Energy Conversion Systems; to strengthen the economic base of the township; and to protect the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses; to conserve the value of land and buildings and to protect the township's tax revenues.