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Outdated wind turbine setbacks need lengthening
The Lee County Zoning Board ...blatantly ignored its statutory responsibilities by recommending that the current 12-year-old, 1,400-foot setback distance between homes and wind turbines remain unchanged. ...this recommendation was made with absolutely no consideration or compassion for the harmful health effects that today's huge wind turbines would wreak upon Township families.
February 23, 2012
by Jim Timble
in Sauk Valley News
The zoning powers and responsibilities of the Lee County Board are clearly articulated in the first two sentences of the Illinois Compiled Statutes (Division 5-12/ Zoning): "Authority to regulate" zoning, "for the purpose of promoting public health, comfort and general welfare, and conserving the values of property throughout the county."
The Lee County Zoning Board is directed to exercise zoning powers and adhere to the Illinois statutes controlling them. Yet, at its Jan. 20 meeting, the board blatantly ignored its statutory responsibilities by recommending that the current 12-year-old, 1,400-foot setback distance between homes and wind turbines remain unchanged. They took... [continue via Web link]
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