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Trustees flag state zoning, ADU and EV charger proposals as potential threats to local control

Village Board of Beecher · March 10, 2026
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Summary

At a legislative brunch recap, trustees said recent state proposals could reduce local control over zoning and development by allowing ADUs broadly, setting minimum home sizes, tightening building-code rules and imposing EV-charger parking mandates and restrictions on cannabis-revenue use.

Trustees discussed takeaways from a Willow County Governmental League legislative brunch that raised several state-level proposals trustees said might restrict local authority over zoning and municipal revenue use.

Trustee Smith summarized the meeting, saying the governor's proposals could shift control away from local governments on matters including zoning, development…

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