Reno County commissioners tentatively agreed Tuesday to amend draft regulations on commercial wind developments to require a minimum 3,000-foot setback for wind turbines from residential structures. During a 2 ½-hour meeting, the board also reached a consensus to set a mandatory 3-mile setback around state and federal wildlife properties, deleting language allowing it to be waived. But it left up in the air changes pushed by Commission Chairman Ron Hirst and some county residents for lower maximum sound and shadow flicker limits. Source: Hutch News.

Property owners can now get up to $800 for repairing a broken sidewalk through a newly approved sidewalk program. At its Tuesday meeting, the Newton City Commission unanimously approved allocation of $150,000 to a program aimed at keeping sidewalk replacement costs from tripping up local residents. With COVID-19, many people have been walking the city, trying to get out of the house, which resulted in increased numbers of reports of broken sidewalks. One hundred cases were reported in 2020. Source: Harvey County Now.

The city doesn't tell people what their signs and flags may or may not say, Peterson learned this week when he called the city attorney's office. That code regulates the design and physical characteristics of signs and flags but not their content, city media relations coordinator Molly Hadfield said Tuesday. The last time the city revised its sign code, in 2019, planning director Bill Fiander suggested the mayor and council avoid adopting regulations that would govern content. Source: CJonline.com.

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