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Iroquois County committee approves draft revisions to solar, wind and battery ordinances and forwards to county board
Summary
The Tax and Planning Zoning Committee voted to adopt draft revisions to county solar and wind ordinances and approved sending the revised drafts to the county board for referral to the Zoning Board of Appeals; the committee also discussed a separate draft battery ordinance and next steps for public hearings and publication.
The Iroquois County Tax and Planning Zoning Committee voted on Feb. 4 to adopt revised drafts of the county's solar and wind ordinances and forward the revisions to the Iroquois County Board for further processing, including referral to the Zoning Board of Appeals for public hearing.
The committee said the solar and wind ordinance changes were largely editorial (punctuation and capitalization) but included two substantive edits carried forward from the county state's attorney: changing references to a "money market account" to an "interest-bearing account" for application fees, and revising the primary-residence definition to match the state's attorney’s suggested language. The committee also inserted a definition of "occupied community building" in the solar ordinance draft. Committee members described the changes as clarifications that do not alter…
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