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Winnebago County committee adds language letting towns resume general zoning in shoreland areas
Summary
The Winnebago County Planning & Zoning Committee voted to add a provision allowing towns to resume administration of general zoning in shoreland areas by submitting a resolution to the county, after a member raised legal and fairness concerns about overlapping town and county codes.
The Winnebago County Planning & Zoning Committee voted to add a provision to several shoreland zoning resolutions that lets a town resume general zoning in its township by submitting a resolution to the county stating it no longer wishes county administration of chapter 23 general zoning in town shoreland areas.
The provision was proposed after a committee member read a prepared statement raising legal and equity concerns about having two general zoning codes in the same township. The member said, "A town should be able to administer…
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