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Winnetka Village Council voted unanimously to create additional protections for Lake Michigan bluffs by adopting controversial regulations around what can be built on steep slopes. Despite some residents seeing the ordinance as a win for the environment others are unhappy with the increased regulation on privately owned lakefront property. Winnetka was the lone lakefront community without ...

Winnetka Adopts Bluff Protection Regulations Over Homeowner Objections - Winnetka-Glencoe, IL - The owners of some of the village's most expensive mansions have signaled they will sue to block the ordinance from taking effect.

CHICAGO — The Winnetka, Illinois, Village Council hosted a study session to consider enacting regulations for bluff and steep slope construction and destruction after residents raised concerns about billionaire Justin Ishbia removing bluffs from his lakefront property.

CHICAGO — The Winnetka, Illinois, Village Council hosted a study session to consider enacting regulations for bluff and steep slope construction and destruction after residents raised concerns about billionaire Justin Ishbia removing bluffs from his lakefront property. Trustees debated whether to allow lakefront homeowners — many of whom have in the past spent money to keep up and protect ...

The Winnetka Village Council hosted a study session to consider enacting regulations for bluff and steep slope construction and destruction after residents raised concerns about billionaire Justin Ishbia removing bluffs from his lakefront property. Trustees debated whether to allow lakefront homeowners — many of whom have in the past spent money to keep up and protect bluffs on their property ...