The Lake County Board on Tuesday delayed a vote on proposed wind-energy regulations that have been the subject of months of public hearings and meetings.

The board's Planning, Building and Zoning Committee had increased the setbacks for large wind facilities in the proposal and sent the regulations forward with a recommendation for approval by the full board.

A number of questions regarding the proposed regulations by board members who aren't on the committee led to delaying the vote to the board's February meeting, with a special committee-of-the-whole meeting on the issue to be scheduled before that.

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