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90_SB1109enr

      55 ILCS 5/5-12001         from Ch. 34, par. 5-12001
          Amends the Counties Code.  Provides  that  the  corporate
      authorities  of  a  county  may  adopt an ordinance to impose
      special use permits on  the  use  of  poles,  towers,  wires,
      cables,   conduits,   vaults,   laterals,  or  other  similar
      distributing equipment for a  competitive  telecommunications
      service.
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 1        AN ACT concerning county zoning, amending named Acts.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  5.  The Counties Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 5-12001 and adding Section 5-12001.1 as follows:
 6        (55 ILCS 5/5-12001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12001)
 7        Sec.   5-12001.  Authority   to   regulate  and  restrict
 8    location and use of structures.
 9        For the purpose of promoting the public  health,  safety,
10    morals, comfort and general welfare, conserving the values of
11    property   throughout   the  county,  lessening  or  avoiding
12    congestion in the public streets and highways, and  lessening
13    or  avoiding  the  hazards  to persons and damage to property
14    resulting from the accumulation or runoff of storm  or  flood
15    waters, the county board or board of county commissioners, as
16    the  case  may  be,  of  each county, shall have the power to
17    regulate and restrict the  location  and  use  of  buildings,
18    structures  and land for trade, industry, residence and other
19    uses which may be specified by such board,  to  regulate  and
20    restrict the intensity of such uses, to establish building or
21    setback  lines  on  or  along  any street, trafficway, drive,
22    parkway or  storm  or  floodwater  runoff  channel  or  basin
23    outside the limits of cities, villages and incorporated towns
24    which  have  in effect municipal zoning ordinances; to divide
25    the entire county outside the limits of such cities, villages
26    and incorporated towns into districts of such number,  shape,
27    area  and  of such different classes, according to the use of
28    land and buildings, the  intensity  of  such  use  (including
29    height  of  buildings  and  structures  and  surrounding open
30    space) and other classification as may be deemed best  suited
31    to carry out the purposes of this Division; to prohibit uses,
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 1    buildings  or  structures  incompatible with the character of
 2    such districts respectively; and to prevent additions to  and
 3    alteration  or remodeling of existing buildings or structures
 4    in such a way as to avoid the  restrictions  and  limitations
 5    lawfully  imposed  hereunder:  Provided,  that  permits  with
 6    respect  to  the  erection,  maintenance, repair, alteration,
 7    remodeling or extension of buildings or structures used or to
 8    be used for agricultural purposes shall be issued free of any
 9    charge.  The corporate  authorities  of  the  county  may  by
10    ordinance  require  the  construction  of  fences  around  or
11    protective  covers  over  previously  constructed  artificial
12    basins  of  water  dug in the ground and used for swimming or
13    wading, which are located on private residential property and
14    intended for the  use  of  the  owner  and  guests.   In  all
15    ordinances  or resolutions passed under the authority of this
16    Division,  due  allowance  shall   be   made   for   existing
17    conditions,   the   conservation   of  property  values,  the
18    directions of building development to the best  advantage  of
19    the  entire county, and the uses to which property is devoted
20    at the time  of  the  enactment  of  any  such  ordinance  or
21    resolution.
22        The  powers by this Division given shall not be exercised
23    so as to deprive the owner of any existing  property  of  its
24    use  or  maintenance  for  the  purpose  to  which it is then
25    lawfully devoted; nor shall they be exercised so as to impose
26    regulations or require permits with respect to land  used  or
27    to  be  used for agricultural purposes, other than parcels of
28    land consisting of less than 5 acres  from  which  $1,000  or
29    less  of agricultural products were sold in any calendar year
30    in counties with a population between 300,000 and 400,000  or
31    in  counties contiguous to a county with a population between
32    300,000  and  400,000,  and  other  than  parcels   of   land
33    consisting of less than 5 acres in counties with a population
34    in  excess  of  400,000,  or  with  respect  to the erection,
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 1    maintenance, repair, alteration, remodeling or  extension  of
 2    buildings  or  structures used or to be used for agricultural
 3    purposes  upon  such  land  except  that  such  buildings  or
 4    structures for  agricultural  purposes  may  be  required  to
 5    conform  to  building  or  set back lines; nor shall any such
 6    powers be so exercised as to prohibit the  temporary  use  of
 7    land  for  the  installation,  maintenance  and  operation of
 8    facilities used by contractors  in  the  ordinary  course  of
 9    construction  activities,  except that such facilities may be
10    required to be located not less  than  1,000  feet  from  any
11    building  used  for residential purposes, and except that the
12    period of such temporary use shall not exceed the duration of
13    the construction contract; nor shall any such powers  include
14    the  right to specify or regulate the type or location of any
15    poles, towers, wires, cables, conduits, vaults,  laterals  or
16    any  other similar distributing equipment of a public utility
17    as defined in The Public utilities Act, if the public utility
18    is subject to The Messages Tax Act, The Gas Revenue  Tax  Act
19    or The Public Utilities Revenue Act, or if such facilities or
20    equipment  are  located on any rights of way and are used for
21    railroad purposes, nor shall any such powers be exercised  in
22    any  respect  as  to  the  facilities,  as defined in Section
23    5-12001.1, of a telecommunications carrier, as  also  defined
24    therein,  except to the extent and in the manner set forth in
25    Section  5-12001.1.  As  used  in  this  Act,   "agricultural
26    purposes"  do  not  include the extraction of sand, gravel or
27    limestone, and such activities may  be  regulated  by  county
28    zoning  ordinance even when such activities are related to an
29    agricultural purpose.
30        Nothing in this Division shall be construed  to  restrict
31    the  powers  granted  by  statute  to  cities,  villages  and
32    incorporated  towns as to territory contiguous to but outside
33    of the limits  of  such  cities,  villages  and  incorporated
34    towns.  Any  zoning  ordinance  enacted by a city, village or
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 1    incorporated town shall supersede, with respect to  territory
 2    within  the  corporate limits of the municipality, any county
 3    zoning plan  otherwise  applicable.  The  powers  granted  to
 4    counties  by this Division shall be treated as in addition to
 5    powers conferred by statute to control or approve maps, plats
 6    or subdivisions.  In this Division,  "agricultural  purposes"
 7    include,   without   limitation,   the  growing,  developing,
 8    processing, conditioning, or selling  of  hybrid  seed  corn,
 9    seed beans, seed oats, or other farm seeds.
10        Nothing  in  this Division shall be construed to prohibit
11    the corporate  authorities  of  a  county  from  adopting  an
12    ordinance  that exempts pleasure driveways or park districts,
13    as defined in the Park District Code, with  a  population  of
14    greater  than  100,000,  from  the  exercise  of the county's
15    powers under this Division.
16    (Source: P.A. 88-623, eff. 1-1-95; 89-654, eff. 8-14-96.)
17        (55 ILCS 5/5-12001.1 new)
18        Sec. 5-12001.1.  Authority to regulate certain  specified
19    facilities of a telecommunications carrier.
20        (a)  Notwithstanding  any other Section in this Division,
21    the county board or board  of  county  commissioners  of  any
22    county  shall  have the power to regulate the location of the
23    facilities,   as   defined   in   subsection   (c),   of    a
24    telecommunications  carrier established outside the corporate
25    limits of cities, villages, and incorporated towns that  have
26    municipal  zoning ordinances in effect.  The power shall only
27    be exercised to the extent and in the  manner  set  forth  in
28    this Section.
29        (b)  The provisions of this Section shall not abridge any
30    rights  created  by  or  authority  confirmed  in the federal
31    Telecommunications Act of 1996, P.L. 104-104.
32        (c)  As  used  in  this  Section,  unless   the   context
33    otherwise requires:
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 1             (1)  "county jurisdiction area" means those portions
 2        of  a  county  that  lie  outside the corporate limits of
 3        cities,  villages,  and  incorporated  towns  that   have
 4        municipal zoning ordinances in effect;
 5             (2)  "county  board" means the county board or board
 6        of county commissioners of any county;
 7             (3)  "residential zoning district"  means  a  zoning
 8        district   that  is  designated  under  a  county  zoning
 9        ordinance and  is  zoned  predominantly  for  residential
10        uses;
11             (4)  "non-residential  zoning  district"  means  the
12        county  jurisdiction  area  of a county, except for those
13        portions within a residential zoning district;
14             (5)  "residentially zoned lot" means a zoning lot in
15        a residential zoning district;
16             (6)  "non-residentially zoned lot"  means  a  zoning
17        lot in a non-residential zoning district;
18             (7)  "telecommunications     carrier"     means    a
19        telecommunications  carrier  as  defined  in  the  Public
20        Utilities Act as of January 1, 1997;
21             (8)  "facility"  means  that  part  of  the   signal
22        distribution    system    used    or    operated   by   a
23        telecommunications carrier under a license from  the  FCC
24        consisting of a combination of improvements and equipment
25        including  (i)  one  or  more antennas, (ii) a supporting
26        structure  and  the  hardware  by  which   antennas   are
27        attached;  (iii)  equipment  housing;  and (iv) ancillary
28        equipment  such  as  signal   transmission   cables   and
29        miscellaneous hardware;
30             (9)  "FAA" means the Federal Aviation Administration
31        of the United States Department of Transportation;
32             (10)  "FCC"   means   the   Federal   Communications
33        Commission;
34             (11)  "antenna"  means  an  antenna  device by which
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 1        radio signals are transmitted, received, or both;
 2             (12)  "supporting  structure"  means  a   structure,
 3        whether  an  antenna  tower or another type of structure,
 4        that supports one or more antennas as part of a facility;
 5             (13)  "qualifying  structure"  means  a   supporting
 6        structure  that  is  (i)  an  existing  structure, if the
 7        height of the facility, including the structure,  is  not
 8        more  than  15 feet higher than the structure just before
 9        the  facility  is  installed,  or  (ii)  a  substantially
10        similar, substantially same-location  replacement  of  an
11        existing  structure,  if  the  height  of  the  facility,
12        including  the replacement structure, is not more than 15
13        feet higher than the height  of  the  existing  structure
14        just before the facility is installed;
15             (14)  "equipment housing" means a combination of one
16        or   more   equipment  buildings  or  enclosures  housing
17        equipment that operates in conjunction with the  antennas
18        of a facility, and the equipment itself;
19             (15)  "height"  of a facility means the total height
20        of the facility's supporting structure and  any  antennas
21        that   will  extend  above  the  top  of  the  supporting
22        structure;  however,  if   the   supporting   structure's
23        foundation  extends  more than 3 feet above the uppermost
24        ground level along the perimeter of the foundation,  then
25        each full foot in excess of 3 feet shall be counted as an
26        additional  foot  of  facility  height.   The height of a
27        facility's supporting structure is to  be  measured  from
28        the   highest   point   of   the  supporting  structure's
29        foundation;
30             (16)  "facility lot" means the zoning lot on which a
31        facility is or will be located;
32             (17)  "principal  residential  building"   has   its
33        common  meaning  but shall not include any building under
34        the same ownership as  the  land  of  the  facility  lot.
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 1        "Principal  residential  building"  shall not include any
 2        structure that is not designed for human habitation;
 3             (18)  "horizontal  separation  distance"  means  the
 4        distance measured from the center  of  the  base  of  the
 5        facility's  supporting  structure  to the point where the
 6        ground meets a vertical wall of a  principal  residential
 7        building; and
 8             (19)  "lot   line   set  back  distance"  means  the
 9        distance measured from the center  of  the  base  of  the
10        facility's  supporting  structure to the nearest point on
11        the common lot line between  the  facility  lot  and  the
12        nearest  residentially  zoned lot.  If there is no common
13        lot line, the measurement shall be made  to  the  nearest
14        point  on the lot line of the nearest residentially zoned
15        lot without deducting the width of any intervening  right
16        of way.
17        (d)  In   choosing   a   location   for   a  facility,  a
18    telecommunications carrier shall consider the following:
19             (1)  A  non-residentially  zoned  lot  is  the  most
20        desirable location.
21             (2)  A residentially zoned lot that is not used  for
22        residential   purposes   is  the  second  most  desirable
23        location.
24             (3)  A residentially zoned lot that is  2  acres  or
25        more  in size and is used for residential purposes is the
26        third most desirable location.
27             (4)  A residentially zoned lot that is less  than  2
28        acres in size and is used for residential purposes is the
29        least desirable location.
30        The size of a lot shall be the lot's gross area in square
31    feet  without  deduction of any unbuildable or unusable land,
32    any roadway, or any other easement.
33        (e)  In  designing  a  facility,   a   telecommunications
34    carrier shall consider the following guidelines:
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 1             (1)  No building or tower that is part of a facility
 2        should  encroach  onto  any recorded easement prohibiting
 3        the encroachment unless the grantees of the easement have
 4        given their approval.
 5             (2)  Lighting should be installed for  security  and
 6        safety  purposes  only.   Except with respect to lighting
 7        required by the  FCC  or  FAA,  all  lighting  should  be
 8        shielded  so  that  no glare extends substantially beyond
 9        the boundaries of a facility.
10             (3)  No facility should encroach  onto  an  existing
11        septic field.
12             (4)  Any  facility located in a special flood hazard
13        area or wetland should meet the  legal  requirements  for
14        those lands.
15             (5)  Existing  trees  more than 3 inches in diameter
16        should  be  preserved  if  reasonably   feasible   during
17        construction.  If any tree more than 3 inches in diameter
18        is removed during construction a tree 3 inches or more in
19        diameter  of  the  same  or  a  similar  species shall be
20        planted as a replacement if  reasonably  feasible.   Tree
21        diameter shall be measured at a point 3 feet above ground
22        level.
23             (6)  If   any  elevation  of  a  facility  faces  an
24        existing, adjoining residential use within a  residential
25        zoning  district,  low  maintenance landscaping should be
26        provided on or near the facility lot to provide at  least
27        partial screening of the facility.  The quantity and type
28        of  that  landscaping  should  be  in accordance with any
29        county landscaping regulations of general  applicability,
30        except  that  paragraph  (5) of this subsection (e) shall
31        control over  any  tree-related  regulations  imposing  a
32        greater burden.
33             (7)  Fencing  should be installed around a facility.
34        The height and materials of  the  fencing  should  be  in
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 1        accordance  with  any county fence regulations of general
 2        applicability.
 3             (8)  Any building that is part of a facility located
 4        adjacent to a residentially zoned lot should be  designed
 5        with  exterior  materials  and colors that are reasonably
 6        compatible with the residential character of the area.
 7        (f)  The  following  provisions  shall   apply   to   all
 8    facilities  established in any county jurisdiction area after
 9    the effective date of the amendatory Act of 1997:
10             (1)  Except as provided in this Section, no yard  or
11        set  back regulations shall apply to or be required for a
12        facility.
13             (2)  A facility may be located on  the  same  zoning
14        lot  as  one  or  more  other  structures or uses without
15        violating any ordinance or regulation that  prohibits  or
16        limits  multiple  structures,  buildings,  or  uses  on a
17        zoning lot.
18             (3)  No minimum lot area, width, or depth  shall  be
19        required for a facility, and unless the facility is to be
20        manned  on  a regular, daily basis, no off-street parking
21        spaces shall be required for a facility.  If the facility
22        is to be manned on a regular, daily basis, one off-street
23        parking  space  shall  be  provided  for  each   employee
24        regularly  at  the  facility.   No loading facilities are
25        required.
26             (4)  No portion of a facility's supporting structure
27        or equipment housing shall be less than 15 feet from  the
28        front  lot  line of the facility lot or less than 10 feet
29        from any other lot line.
30             (5)  No bulk regulations or lot  coverage,  building
31        coverage,  or  floor  area  ratio  limitations  shall  be
32        applied to a facility or to any existing use or structure
33        coincident  with the establishment of a facility.  Except
34        as  provided  in  this  Section,  no  height  limits   or
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 1        restrictions shall apply to a facility.
 2             (6)  A   county's   review   of  a  building  permit
 3        application for a facility shall be completed  within  30
 4        days.   If  a decision of the county board is required to
 5        permit the establishment  of  a  facility,  the  county's
 6        review  of the application shall be simultaneous with the
 7        process leading to the county board's decision.
 8             (7)  The improvements and equipment  comprising  the
 9        facility  may  be wholly or partly freestanding or wholly
10        or partly attached to, enclosed in, or installed in or on
11        a structure or structures.
12             (8)  Any  public  hearing  authorized   under   this
13        Section  shall be conducted in a manner determined by the
14        county board.  Notice of any such public hearing shall be
15        published at least  15  days  before  the  hearing  in  a
16        newspaper of general circulation published in the county.
17             (9)  Any decision regarding a facility by the county
18        board  or  a county agency or official shall be supported
19        by written findings of fact.   The  circuit  court  shall
20        have  jurisdiction  to  review  the reasonableness of any
21        adverse decision and the plaintiff shall bear the  burden
22        of  proof,  but  there  shall  be  no  presumption of the
23        validity of the decision.
24        (g)  The  following  provisions  shall   apply   to   all
25    facilities  established  after  the  effective  date  of this
26    amendatory Act of 1997 in the county jurisdiction area of any
27    county with a population of less than 180,000:
28             (1)  A  facility  is  permitted  if  its  supporting
29        structure is a qualifying structure or  if  both  of  the
30        following conditions are met:
31                  (A)  the  height  of  the  facility  shall  not
32             exceed  200  feet,  except  that  if  a  facility is
33             located more than one and one-half  miles  from  the
34             corporate   limits   of   any  municipality  with  a
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 1             population of 25,000  or  more  the  height  of  the
 2             facility shall not exceed 350 feet; and
 3                  (B)  the  horizontal separation distance to the
 4             nearest principal residential building shall not  be
 5             less  than  the  height of the supporting structure;
 6             except that if the supporting structure  exceeds  99
 7             feet  in  height, the horizontal separation distance
 8             to the nearest principal residential building  shall
 9             be  at  least  100  feet or 80% of the height of the
10             supporting   structure,   whichever   is    greater.
11             Compliance   with   this  paragraph  shall  only  be
12             evaluated as of the  time  that  a  building  permit
13             application  for  the facility is submitted.  If the
14             supporting structure is not an  antenna  tower  this
15             paragraph is satisfied.
16             (2)  Unless  a facility is permitted under paragraph
17        (1) of this subsection (g), a facility can be established
18        only after the county board gives its approval  following
19        consideration  of the provisions of paragraph (3) of this
20        subsection (g).  The county board may give  its  approval
21        after one public hearing on the proposal, but only by the
22        favorable  vote of a majority of the members present at a
23        meeting held no later than 75 days after submission of  a
24        complete  application  by the telecommunications carrier.
25        If the county board  fails  to  act  on  the  application
26        within  75  days  after  its  submission, the application
27        shall be deemed to have been approved.  No more than  one
28        public hearing shall be required.
29             (3)  For   purposes   of   paragraph   (2)  of  this
30        subsection (g), the following siting considerations,  but
31        no  other matter, shall be considered by the county board
32        or any other body conducting the public hearing:
33                  (A)  the criteria in  subsection  (d)  of  this
34             Section;
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 1                  (B)  whether  a  substantial  adverse effect on
 2             public safety will result from some  aspect  of  the
 3             facility's design or proposed construction, but only
 4             if   that   aspect  of  design  or  construction  is
 5             modifiable by the applicant;
 6                  (C)  the benefits to be derived by the users of
 7             the services to  be  provided  or  enhanced  by  the
 8             facility  and  whether  public  safety and emergency
 9             response   capabilities   would   benefit   by   the
10             establishment of the facility;
11                  (D)  the existing uses on adjacent  and  nearby
12             properties; and
13                  (E)  the  extent  to  which  the  design of the
14             proposed   facility   reflects    compliance    with
15             subsection (e) of this Section.
16             (4)  On  judicial review of an adverse decision, the
17        issue shall be the reasonableness of the  county  board's
18        decision in light of the evidence presented on the siting
19        considerations  and  the well-reasoned recommendations of
20        any other body that conducts the public hearing.
21        (h)  The  following  provisions  shall   apply   to   all
22    facilities  established  after  the  effective  date  of this
23    amendatory Act of 1997 in the county jurisdiction area of any
24    county with a population of 180,000 or more.  A  facility  is
25    permitted in any zoning district subject to the following:
26             (1)  A  facility shall not be located on a lot under
27        paragraph (4) of subsection (d)  unless  a  variation  is
28        granted  by  the county board under paragraph (4) of this
29        subsection (h).
30             (2)  Unless a height variation  is  granted  by  the
31        county  board,  the height of a facility shall not exceed
32        75 feet if the facility will be located in a  residential
33        zoning  district  or  200  feet  if  the facility will be
34        located in a non-residential zoning  district.   However,
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 1        the  height  of a facility may exceed the height limit in
 2        this  paragraph,  and  no  height  variation   shall   be
 3        required,  if  the  supporting  structure is a qualifying
 4        structure.
 5             (3)  The improvements and equipment of the  facility
 6        shall  be  placed to comply with the requirements of this
 7        paragraph at the time a building permit  application  for
 8        the  facility  is submitted.  If the supporting structure
 9        is an antenna tower other  than  a  qualifying  structure
10        then (i) if the facility will be located in a residential
11        zoning  district  the  lot  line set back distance to the
12        nearest residentially zoned lot shall be at least 50%  of
13        the height of the facility's supporting structure or (ii)
14        if  the  facility  will  be  located in a non-residential
15        zoning district the horizontal separation distance to the
16        nearest principal residential building shall be at  least
17        equal   to   the  height  of  the  facility's  supporting
18        structure.
19             (4)  The county board may grant variations  for  any
20        of  the regulations, conditions, and restrictions of this
21        subsection (h), after one public hearing on the  proposed
22        variations,  by  a  favorable  vote  of a majority of the
23        members present at a meeting held no later than  75  days
24        after    submission    of    an    application   by   the
25        telecommunications carrier.  If the county board fails to
26        act on the application within 75 days  after  submission,
27        the  application  shall  be deemed to have been approved.
28        In its consideration of an  application  for  variations,
29        the  county  board,  and  any  other  body conducting the
30        public hearing, shall  consider  the  following,  and  no
31        other matters:
32                  (A)  whether,   but   for  the  granting  of  a
33             variation, the service that  the  telecommunications
34             carrier   seeks  to  enhance  or  provide  with  the
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 1             proposed facility will be less available,  impaired,
 2             or  diminished  in  quality,  quantity,  or scope of
 3             coverage;
 4                  (B)  whether  the  conditions  upon  which  the
 5             application for variations is based  are  unique  in
 6             some   respect   or,  if  not,  whether  the  strict
 7             application of the regulations  would  result  in  a
 8             hardship on the telecommunications carrier;
 9                  (C)  whether  a  substantial  adverse effect on
10             public safety will result from some  aspect  of  the
11             facility's design or proposed construction, but only
12             if   that   aspect  of  design  or  construction  is
13             modifiable by the applicant;
14                  (D)  whether there are benefits to  be  derived
15             by  the  users  of  the  services  to be provided or
16             enhanced by the facility and whether  public  safety
17             and emergency response capabilities would benefit by
18             the establishment of the facility; and
19                  (E)  the  extent  to  which  the  design of the
20             proposed   facility   reflects    compliance    with
21             subsection (e) of this Section.
22        No more than one public hearing shall be required.
23             (5)  On  judicial review of an adverse decision, the
24        issue shall be the reasonableness of the  county  board's
25        decision  in  light  of  the  evidence  presented and the
26        well-reasoned recommendations  of  any  other  body  that
27        conducted the public hearing.
28        Section  10.  The  Township  Code  is amended by changing
29    Section 110-5 as follows:
30        (60 ILCS 1/110-5)
31        Sec. 110-5.  Application of Article.
32        (a)  This Article applies  only  in  those  townships  in
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 1    which  the  electors of the township, at an annual or special
 2    township meeting, authorize the township  board  to  exercise
 3    the powers conferred by this Article.
 4        (b)  This Article does not apply in any county in which a
 5    county  zoning ordinance or resolution is in effect. A county
 6    zoning ordinance or resolution adopted after the adoption  of
 7    a  township zoning ordinance or resolution under this Article
 8    supersedes the township zoning ordinance or resolution.
 9        (c)  Regulations adopted under this Article do not  apply
10    to any area that is governed by a municipal zoning ordinance.
11        (d)  This  Article  does not apply to the facilities of a
12    telecommunications carrier defined in  Section  5-12001.1  of
13    the Counties Code.
14    (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)
15        Section  15.  The  Illinois  Municipal Code is amended by
16    changing Section 11-13-1 as follows:
17        (65 ILCS 5/11-13-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-1)
18        Sec. 11-13-1.  To the end that adequate light, pure  air,
19    and  safety  from fire and other dangers may be secured, that
20    the taxable  value  of  land  and  buildings  throughout  the
21    municipality  may be conserved, that congestion in the public
22    streets may be lessened  or  avoided,  that  the  hazards  to
23    persons   and   damage   to   property   resulting  from  the
24    accumulation or runoff  of  storm  or  flood  waters  may  be
25    lessened  or  avoided,  and  that  the public health, safety,
26    comfort, morals, and welfare may otherwise be  promoted,  and
27    to  insure  and  facilitate the preservation of sites, areas,
28    and structures of  historical,  architectural  and  aesthetic
29    importance;  the  corporate  authorities in each municipality
30    have the following powers:
31             (1)  To regulate and limit the height  and  bulk  of
32        buildings  hereafter  to  be  erected;  (2) to establish,
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 1        regulate and limit, subject to the provisions of Division
 2        14 of this Article 11, the building or set-back lines  on
 3        or along any street, traffic-way, drive, parkway or storm
 4        or  floodwater  runoff  channel or basin; (3) to regulate
 5        and limit the intensity of the use of lot areas,  and  to
 6        regulate  and  determine  the area of open spaces, within
 7        and surrounding such buildings; (4) to classify, regulate
 8        and restrict the location of trades  and  industries  and
 9        the   location   of   buildings  designed  for  specified
10        industrial, business, residential, and other uses; (5) to
11        divide the entire municipality  into  districts  of  such
12        number,  shape,  area,  and  of  such  different  classes
13        (according  to use of land and buildings, height and bulk
14        of buildings, intensity of the use of lot area,  area  of
15        open  spaces,  or  other classification) as may be deemed
16        best suited to carry out the purposes  of  this  Division
17        13; (6) to fix standards to which buildings or structures
18        therein  shall  conform; (7) to prohibit uses, buildings,
19        or structures incompatible with  the  character  of  such
20        districts;  (8) to prevent additions to and alteration or
21        remodeling of existing buildings or structures in such  a
22        way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations lawfully
23        imposed  under  this  Division  13;  (9)  to classify, to
24        regulate and restrict the use of property on the basis of
25        family relationship, which  family  relationship  may  be
26        defined  as one or more persons each related to the other
27        by blood, marriage or adoption and maintaining  a  common
28        household;  and  (10) to regulate or forbid any structure
29        or activity which  may  hinder  access  to  solar  energy
30        necessary  for  the  proper functioning of a solar energy
31        system, as defined in Section 1.2  of  The  Comprehensive
32        Solar Energy Act of 1977.
33        The   powers  enumerated  may  be  exercised  within  the
34    corporate limits or within contiguous territory not more than
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 1    one and one-half miles beyond the corporate  limits  and  not
 2    included   within   any   municipality.   However,   if   any
 3    municipality adopts a plan pursuant to Division 12 of Article
 4    11 which plan includes in its provisions a provision that the
 5    plan  applies  to such contiguous territory not more than one
 6    and one-half  miles  beyond  the  corporate  limits  and  not
 7    included  in  any  municipality,  then  no other municipality
 8    shall adopt a plan that shall apply to any territory included
 9    within the territory provided in the plan first so adopted by
10    another municipality.  No  municipality  shall  exercise  any
11    power  set  forth  in  this Division 13 outside the corporate
12    limits thereof, if the county in which such  municipality  is
13    situated  has  adopted "An Act in relation to county zoning",
14    approved June 12,  1935,  as  amended.  No  municipality  may
15    exercise  any power set forth in this Division 13 outside the
16    corporate limits  of  the  municipality  with  respect  to  a
17    facility  of  a telecommunications carrier defined in Section
18    5-12001.1 of the Counties Code.  If a municipality  adopts  a
19    zoning  plan  covering  an area outside its corporate limits,
20    the plan adopted shall be reasonable with respect to the area
21    outside the corporate limits so that future development  will
22    not   be  hindered  or  impaired;  it  is  reasonable  for  a
23    municipality to regulate or prohibit the extraction of  sand,
24    gravel,  or  limestone even when those activities are related
25    to an agricultural purpose. If all or any part  of  the  area
26    outside the corporate limits of a municipality which has been
27    zoned  in  accordance with the provisions of this Division 13
28    is annexed to another  municipality  or  municipalities,  the
29    annexing unit shall thereafter exercise all zoning powers and
30    regulations over the annexed area.
31        In  all  ordinances  passed  under  the authority of this
32    Division  13,  due  allowance  shall  be  made  for  existing
33    conditions,  the  conservation  of   property   values,   the
34    direction  of  building  development to the best advantage of
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 1    the entire municipality and the uses to which the property is
 2    devoted at the time of the enactment of  such  an  ordinance.
 3    The  powers  conferred  by  this  Division  13  shall  not be
 4    exercised so as to deprive the owner of any existing property
 5    of its use or maintenance for the purpose to which it is then
 6    lawfully devoted, but provisions may be made for the  gradual
 7    elimination  of  uses,  buildings  and  structures  which are
 8    incompatible with the character of  the  districts  in  which
 9    they  are  made  or located, including, without being limited
10    thereto, provisions (a) for the elimination of such  uses  of
11    unimproved lands or lot areas when the existing rights of the
12    persons in possession thereof are terminated or when the uses
13    to  which  they  are  devoted  are  discontinued; (b) for the
14    elimination of uses to which such  buildings  and  structures
15    are  devoted,  if  they are adaptable for permitted uses; and
16    (c) for the elimination of such buildings and structures when
17    they are destroyed or damaged in major  part,  or  when  they
18    have  reached  the  age fixed by the corporate authorities of
19    the municipality as the normal useful life of such  buildings
20    or structures.
21        This  amendatory  Act  of  1971  does  not  apply  to any
22    municipality which is a home rule unit.
23    (Source: P.A. 86-1025.)
24        Section 20.  The Airport Zoning Act is amended by  adding
25    Section 10.5 as follows:
26        (620 ILCS 25/10.5 new)
27        Sec.  10.5.  Effect of other laws.  None of the following
28    shall be construed to limit the  authority  created  by  this
29    Act:
30        (A)  Section 5-12001 of the Counties Code;
31        (B)  Section 5-12001.1 of the Counties Code;
32        (C)  Section 110-5 of the Township Code; and
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 1        (D)  Section 11-13-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code.

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