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Vote Now: Should Lake County Approve Zoning Amendments?

Lake County sees its second special election of the year next week Tuesday, as the whole county goes to the polls to vote on a major zoning ordinance revision, which my Winfred Freedom Party friends referred to a vote. The…

Lake County Zoning Ordinance Increases Land Use Options

Lake County residents referred a significant overhaul of our zoning ordinance to a public vote. We go to the polls March 15. We can do early voting at the courthouse, but Auditor Kay Schmidt and Auditor-Elect Roberta Janke are not…

HB 1118: Expanding Prairie Village Power?

House Bill 1118 is small potatoes, but I see one potentially amusing local result. HB 1118 addresses the overlapping extra-municipal zoning boundaries. Currently, when South Dakota towns pass a comprehensive plan for their streets and zoning and other development issues,…

Population Growth Hinges on Local Building Codes?

Last week the New York Times ran a column from Harvard econ prof Edward Glaeser arguing that the population growth (and concomitant shift in political power) to the Sun Belt is related to regulation. But Glaeser notes that the regulation…

Lake Co. Zoning Referral Petitions Due January 12

In the excitement of the holidays, I forgot to mention that I had a good conversation right before Christmas with Winfred neighbors Charlie Scholl and Neil McIntyre. Scholl reminded me that he and several fellow citizens are still circulating petitions…

Referral Petitions Circulating on Lake County Zoning Ordinance

The Lake County Commission passed its lengthy zoning ordinance update on Tuesday. Already, county residents are circulating petitions to put the revisions to a vote. An eager reader says my friend and Madison resident Paul Nordaune just came by asking…