97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3473

 

Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Marlow H. Colvin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-12014  from Ch. 34, par. 5-12014
60 ILCS 1/110-60
65 ILCS 5/11-13-14  from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-14

    Amends the Counties Code, Township Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that prior to any hearing concerning an amendment to a zoning ordinance, the zoning commission must serve written notice on the property owners of all property within 250 feet in each direction of the location for which the proposed ordinance will apply. Provides that the commission must also post the address of the property for site-specific proposals and notify individuals and interest groups with a known interest in a proposal.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section
55-12014 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-12014)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12014)
7    Sec. 5-12014. Amendment of regulations and districts.
8    (a) For purposes of this Section, the term "text amendment"
9means an amendment to the text of a zoning ordinance, which
10affects the whole county, and the term "map amendment" means an
11amendment to the map of a zoning ordinance, which affects an
12individual parcel or parcels of land.
13    (b) The regulations imposed and the districts created under
14the authority of this Division may be amended from time to time
15by ordinance or resolution, after the ordinance or resolution
16establishing same has gone into effect, but no such amendments
17shall be made without a hearing before the board of appeals. At
18least 15 days notice of the time and place of such hearing
19shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation
20published in such county. Prior to any hearing, the zoning
21commission must serve written notice, either in person or by
22registered mail, return receipt requested, on the owners, as
23recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds or the

 

 

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1registrar of titles of the county in which the property is
2located and as appears from the authentic tax records of that
3county, of all property within 250 feet in each direction of
4the location for which the proposed ordinance will apply. The
5commission must also post the address of the property for
6site-specific proposals and notify individuals and interest
7groups with a known interest in a proposal. Hearings on text
8amendments shall be held in the court house of the county or
9other county building with more adequate facilities for such
10hearings. Hearings on map amendments shall be held in the
11township or road district affected by the terms of such
12proposed amendment or in the court house, or other county
13building with more adequate facilities for such hearings, of
14the county in which the affected township or road district is
15located. Provided, that if the owner of any property affected
16by such proposed map amendment so requests in writing, such
17hearing shall be held in the township or road district affected
18by the terms of such proposed amendment. Except as provided in
19subsection (c), text amendments may be passed at a county board
20meeting by a simple majority of the elected county board
21members, unless written protests against the proposed text
22amendment are signed by 5% of the land owners of the county, in
23which case such amendment shall not be passed except by the
24favorable vote of 3/4 of all the members of the county board.
25Except as provided in subsection (c), map amendments may be
26passed at a county board meeting by a simple majority of the

 

 

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1elected county board members, except that in case of written
2protest against any proposed map amendment that is either: (A)
3signed by the owner or owners of at least 20% of the land to be
4rezoned, or (B) signed by the owner or owners of land
5immediately touching, or immediately across a street, alley, or
6public right-of-way from, at least 20% of the perimeter of the
7land to be rezoned, or in cases where the land affected lies
8within 1 1/2 miles of the limits of a zoned municipality, or in
9the case of a proposed text amendment to the Zoning Ordinance,
10by resolution of the corporate authorities of the zoned
11municipality with limits nearest adjacent, filed with the
12county clerk, such amendment shall not be passed except by the
13favorable vote of 3/4 of all the members of the county board,
14but in counties in which the county board consists of 3 members
15only a 2/3 vote is required. In such cases, a copy of the
16written protest shall be served by the protestor or protestors
17on the applicant for the proposed amendment and a copy upon the
18applicant's attorney, if any, by certified mail at the address
19of such applicant and attorney shown in the application for the
20proposed amendment. Notwithstanding any other provision of
21this Section, if a map amendment is proposed solely to correct
22an error made by the county as a result of a comprehensive
23rezoning by the county, the map amendments may be passed at a
24county board meeting by a simple majority of the elected board.
25    (c) If a township located within a county with a population
26of less than 600,000 has a plan commission and the plan

 

 

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1commission objects to a text amendment or a map amendment
2affecting an unincorporated area of the township, then the
3township board of trustees may submit its written objections to
4the county board within 30 days after the hearing before the
5board of appeals, in which case the county board may not adopt
6the text amendment or the map amendment affecting an
7unincorporated area of the township except by the favorable
8vote of at least three-fourths of all the members of the county
9board.
10(Source: P.A. 89-272, eff. 8-10-95.)
 
11    Section 10. The Township Code is amended by changing
12Section 110-60 as follows:
 
13    (60 ILCS 1/110-60)
14    Sec. 110-60. Amendment of regulations; hearing. The
15regulations imposed and the districts created under this
16Article may be amended from time to time by the township board
17by ordinance or resolution after the ordinance or resolution
18establishing the regulation has gone into effect, but no
19amendments shall be made without a hearing before the board of
20appeals. At least 15 days notice of the time and place of the
21hearing shall be published in an official paper or a paper of
22general circulation in the township. Prior to any hearing, the
23zoning commission must serve written notice, either in person
24or by registered mail, return receipt requested, on the owners,

 

 

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1as recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds or the
2registrar of titles of the county in which the property is
3located and as appears from the authentic tax records of that
4county, of all property within 250 feet in each direction of
5the location for which the proposed ordinance will apply. The
6commission must also post the address of the property for
7site-specific proposals and notify individuals and interest
8groups with a known interest in a proposal. If there is a
9written protest against any proposed amendment, signed and
10acknowledged (i) by the owners of 20% of the frontage proposed
11to be altered, (ii) by the owners of 20% of the frontage
12immediately adjoining or across an alley from the frontage
13proposed to be altered, or (iii) by the owners of 20% of the
14frontage directly opposite the frontage proposed to be altered,
15the amendment shall not be passed except by the favorable vote
16of three-fourths of all the members of the township board.
17(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
 
18    Section 15. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
19changing Section 11-13-14 as follows:
 
20    (65 ILCS 5/11-13-14)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-14)
21    Sec. 11-13-14. The regulations imposed and the districts
22created under the authority of this Division 13 may be amended
23from time to time by ordinance after the ordinance establishing
24them has gone into effect, but no such amendments shall be made

 

 

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1without a hearing before some commission or committee
2designated by the corporate authorities. Notice shall be given
3of the time and place of the hearing, not more than 30 nor less
4than 15 days before the hearing, by publishing a notice thereof
5at least once in one or more newspapers published in the
6municipality, or, if no newspaper is published therein, then in
7one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the
8municipality. In municipalities with less than 500 population
9in which no newspaper is published, publication may be made
10instead by posting a notice in 3 prominent places within
11municipality. Prior to any hearing, the zoning commission or
12committee must serve written notice, either in person or by
13registered mail, return receipt requested, on the owners, as
14recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds or the
15registrar of titles of the county in which the property is
16located and as appears from the authentic tax records of that
17county, of all property within 250 feet in each direction of
18the location for which the proposed ordinance will apply. The
19commission must also post the address of the property for
20site-specific proposals and notify individuals and interest
21groups with a known interest in a proposal. In case of a
22written protest against any proposed amendment of the
23regulations or districts, signed and acknowledged by the owners
24of 20% of the frontage proposed to be altered, or by the owners
25of 20% of the frontage immediately adjoining or across an alley
26therefrom, or by the owners of the 20% of the frontage directly

 

 

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1opposite the frontage proposed to be altered, is filed with the
2clerk of the municipality, the amendment shall not be passed
3except by a favorable vote of two-thirds of the aldermen or
4trustees of the municipality then holding office. In such
5cases, a copy of the written protest shall be served by the
6protestor or protestors on the applicant for the proposed
7amendments and a copy upon the applicant's attorney, if any, by
8certified mail at the address of such applicant and attorney
9shown in the application for the proposed amendment.
10(Source: P.A. 81-705.)