65 ILCS 5/ Illinois Municipal Code.

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65 ILCS 5/11-13-19

(65 ILCS 5/11-13-19) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-19)

Sec. 11-13-19.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the corporate
authorities shall cause to be published no later than March 31 of each year
a map clearly showing the existing zoning uses, divisions, restrictions,
regulations and classifications of such municipality for the preceding
calendar year. The first map published in 1960 shall reflect all zoning
uses, divisions, restrictions, regulations and classifications in effect on
and prior to December 31, 1959. If in any calendar year after the first map
is published there are no changes in zoning uses, divisions, restrictions,
regulations and classifications in such municipality, no map shall be
published for such calendar year.

The map published by the corporate authorities shall be the official
zoning map. The corporate authorities may establish a fee to be charged any
person desiring a copy of such map. Such fee shall be paid to the
appropriate zoning officer and shall be applied to defray the cost of
publication of the official map.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 3136.)

65 ILCS 5/11-13-20

(65 ILCS 5/11-13-20) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-20)

Sec. 11-13-20.

In any hearing before a zoning commission, board of appeals,
or commission or committee designated pursuant to Section 11-13-14, any
school district within which the property in issue, or any part thereof, is
located shall have the right to appear and present evidence.

(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2259.)

65 ILCS 5/11-13-22

(65 ILCS 5/11-13-22)
Sec. 11-13-22. Public hearing procedures for municipalities of less than 500,000.

In a municipality of less than 500,000 inhabitants, the corporate authorities may adopt or authorize the zoning board of appeals and any other board, commission, or committee that conducts public hearings under this Division to adopt rules of procedures governing those public hearings. The rules of procedures may concern participation in public hearings and the participants' rights  to cross examine witnesses and to present testimony and evidence, and any other relevant matter.

(Source: P.A. 97-552, eff. 8-25-11.)

65 ILCS 5/11-13-25

(65 ILCS 5/11-13-25)
Sec. 11-13-25. Actions subject to de novo review; due process.

(a) Any decision by the corporate authorities of any municipality, home rule or non-home rule, in regard to any petition or application for a special use, variance, rezoning, or other amendment to a zoning  ordinance shall be subject to de novo judicial review as a legislative decision, regardless of whether the process in relation thereto is considered administrative for other purposes.  Any action seeking the judicial review of such a decision shall be commenced not later than 90 days after the date of the decision.

(b) The principles of substantive and procedural due process apply at all stages of the decision-making and review of all zoning decisions.

(Source: P.A. 94-1027, eff. 7-14-06; 95-843, eff. 1-1-09.)

65 ILCS 5/11-13-26

    (65 ILCS 5/11-13-26)
    Sec. 11-13-26. Wind farms. Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
        (a) A municipality may regulate wind farms and

electric-generating wind devices within its zoning jurisdiction and within the 1.5 mile radius surrounding its zoning jurisdiction. There shall be at least one public hearing not more than 30 days prior to a siting decision by the corporate authorities of a municipality.  Notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. A commercial wind energy facility owner, as defined in the Renewable Energy Facilities Agricultural Impact Mitigation Act, must enter into an agricultural impact mitigation agreement with the Department of Agriculture prior to the date of the required public hearing. A commercial wind energy facility owner seeking an extension of a permit granted by a municipality prior to July 24, 2015 (the effective date of Public Act 99-132) must enter into an agricultural impact mitigation agreement with the Department of Agriculture prior to a decision by the municipality to grant the permit extension. A municipality may allow test wind towers to be sited without formal approval by the corporate authorities of the municipality.  Test wind towers must be dismantled within 3 years of installation.  For the purposes of this Section, "test wind towers" are wind towers that are designed solely to collect wind generation data.

(b) A municipality may not require a wind tower or

other renewable energy system that is used exclusively by an end user to be setback more than 1.1 times the height of the renewable energy system from the end user's property line. A setback requirement imposed by a municipality on a renewable energy system may not be more restrictive than as provided under this subsection. This subsection is a limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.

(Source: P.A. 99-123, eff. 1-1-16; 99-132, eff. 7-24-15; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16; 100-598, eff. 6-29-18.)