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Shelby County board tables proposed automatic moratoriums for wind and solar siting
Summary
After a presentation from the zoning administration, the Shelby County Board voted to table an amendment that would trigger automatic local moratoriums on commercial wind and solar facilities if parts of the state law were overturned.
Shelby County Board members on Feb. 13 voted to table a proposed zoning amendment that would create automatic, self-executing moratoriums on commercial wind and solar energy facilities if specified sections of state law are invalidated by appellate courts.
The zoning board asked the county board to consider adding a new paragraph to Article 2, Subsection 16 procedures, and a matching paragraph to Article 2, Subsection 16.5 procedures, that would put an automatic moratorium in place for wind or solar facilities if Illinois Public Act 102-1123 or the Illinois statute cited as 55 ILCS 5/5-12020 paragraph g were found invalid on appeal. Scott McKee of the county zoning administration read the proposed language aloud and said the amendment, if enacted, would not immediately institute a moratorium but would make one self-executing under the narrow condition that the listed state law provisions were overturned and…
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