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July 25, 2013 I Volume 7 I Issue 14 <br />Zoning Bulletin <br />oning News from Around the <br />Nation <br />ARIZONA <br />State Senators recently approved legislation that "prohibits cities and <br />counties from requiring home builders to establish `planned communi- <br />ties' as a condition of getting the requisite permits and zoning for a new <br />development." Nothing in the legislation, HB 2518, would preclude a <br />developer from establishing a planned community. <br />Source: Maricopa Monitor; http://www.trivallevicentral.com <br />COLORADO <br />With medical marijuana close to legalization in Illinois, municipali- <br />ties are reviewing zoning ordinances "to ensure that there are very <br />specific and comprehensive conditions that would regulate cannabis re- <br />lated facilities." The "Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot <br />Program Act" awaits Governor Pat Quinn's signature after it was ap- <br />proved by the Illinois House of Representatives on April 17 and the state <br />Senate on May 17. The bill allows qualifying patients with debilitating <br />conditions to use marijuana without subject to arrest, prosecution or <br />denial or rights. It also allows the state to permit up to 60 distribution <br />facilities. <br />Source: Chicago Tribune; http://www.chicagotribune.com <br />MAINE <br />Recently, the state legislature's Energy, Utilities and Technology <br />Committee approved legislation (L.D. 616) that would mandate the <br />state's Land Use Planning Commission establish a process to allow com- <br />munities to "have a say in the rezoning that was required for wind tow- <br />ers construction" under the state's Wind Energy Act of 2008. That Act <br />put some communities in "so-called `expedited permitting area[s], where <br />wind development was fast -tracked." The Act removed a required rezon- <br />ing of an area in the Unorganized Territory (UT) for wind turbine <br />construction and made turbines a "permitted use" that did not require <br />rezoning. Essentially, L.D. 616 would give communities two years to <br />exit the expedited zone. <br />Source: St. John Valley Times; http://www.sivallev-times.com <br />12 © 2013 Thomson Reuters <br />