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Boone County staff warns of state statute changes requiring zoning updates for solar, wind and energy storage
Summary
County planning staff told the committee state statute updates now include energy storage and constrain local conditions for solar and wind; the county must revise its zoning text by June 1 or risk having the state statute govern projects and increased litigation exposure.
Boone County planning staff told the Committee of the Whole on May 7 that recent changes to Illinois statute now include energy storage systems alongside solar and wind and that the county must update its zoning ordinance text by June 1 to align with the state law.
Staff said the county’s draft solar-and-wind ordinance has been revised to reflect the state…
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