Channahon committee backs a resolution urging local control over housing rules
Village officials discussed a model resolution from the Illinois Municipal League urging lawmakers to preserve municipal control over zoning and density; village leaders plan outreach to legislators and to raise the issue during Springfield advocacy events.
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Vice President Moorman Schumacher opened discussion of a draft resolution supporting municipal control over land-use decisions, saying state lawmakers have proposed legislation that could remove local authority over zoning and density. “The IML put out a model resolution to their membership regarding retaining local control of land use decisions,” Village Administrator Thomas Durkin told the committee, calling the resolution “a first step” toward contacting state legislators.
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