Agenda - Planning Commission - 08/06/2015

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Zoning. Bulletin June 25, 2015 1 Volume 9 I Issue 12 allow administrative or variance appeals but not those for "enforcement - related matters.") Thus, the appellate court concluded, § 2691(4) by its express terms, did not provide Paradis with a right to appeal. Accordingly, the appel- late court concluded that the Board lacked jurisdiction to consider Paradis's appeal, which in turn deprived the superior court of jurisdiction to consider it, and further precluded the appellate court's review of the merits of the matter. See also: Dubois Livestock, Inc. v. Town of Arundel, 2014 ME 122, 103 A.3d 556 (Me. 2014). Zoning News from Around the Nation ILLINOIS A state House committee has unanimously endorsed Senate Bill 920, which would allow some Illinois counties and municipalities to create zoning regula- tions for wind fauns. The legislation is intended to clarify existing law regard- ing the placement of wind turbines. Among other things, the legislation provides that a county board must give public notice of where a windmill is set to go no more than 30 days before it is constructed. Any county zoning code created from the legislation does not affect wind farms already in place. Senate Bill 920 already advanced through the Senate. Source: The Southern Illinoisan; http://thesouthern.com KENTUCKY Proposed state regulations "would allow digital LED billboards throughout the state and let billboard owners cut trees on public rights of way that block visibility of their outdoor advertisements." The proposed regulations "would allow billboard companies to take down four traditional billboards to create one new LED billboard, or the companies could take down three static billboards to convert one static billboard into an LED billboard, which has an electronic screen that cycles through advertisements." The regulations were recently presented by Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials. Environmen- tal groups are reportedly opposing the proposed regulations, arguing that they could "lead to an explosion of light -polluting billboards, environmental de- struction and property devaluation." Meanwhile, "[l]obbyist for the outdoor advertising industry countered that the regulations would actually decrease the number of billboards in the state, and that vegetation would be removed in an environmentally responsible manner." The regulations "could take effect as early as October after being reviewed by the legislature's Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee and the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation." Source: Lexington Herald -Leader; www.kentuclry.co112 MARYLAND In Ocean City, drafted legislation that would establish an R -1A Single Fam- ily Residential District and prohibit short-term rentals was forwarded to public hearing. © 2015 Thomson Reuters 11