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County counsel: current siting laws limit local control; board members consider legislative response after Utica Solar vote
Summary
After the County Board approved the Utica Solar petition, county legal counsel and board members discussed limits on local authority under state siting laws and the possibility of pursuing legislative change in Springfield; Doug Stockley said legislation this session may already address the issue.
Following a previous County Board vote on the Utica Solar petition, legal counsel and several members of the LaSalle County Zoning Board of Appeals discussed the effect of state siting laws on local land-use authority and suggested pursuing remedies through the legislature.
Mark Anderson, legal counsel for the ZBA, told the board that recent state siting rules reduce counties’ ability to block or condition large renewable-energy siting when the petition meets statutory criteria. “I don’t think there’s anyone in this room or that room that is in…
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