After billionaire leveled lakefront bluffs, Chicago suburb considers whether to regulate, protect them
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 bluffs on their property — free reign over their property or whether the village should regulate the bluffs to guarantee the natural landscape of the lake, and neighbors’ properties, will be protected.
The discussion began following the entire removal of the bluffs this past summer on Ishbia’s lakefront property at 205 Sheridan Road. The removal is part of his construction plan to build a $43.7 million. The construction has seen .
