Sen. Terry Link

Filed: 3/26/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2895

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2895, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
6Section 5-12001.1 as follows:
 
7    (55 ILCS 5/5-12001.1)
8    Sec. 5-12001.1. Authority to regulate certain specified
9facilities of a telecommunications carrier and to regulate,
10pursuant to subsections (a) through (g), AM broadcast towers
11and facilities.
12    (a) Notwithstanding any other Section in this Division, the
13county board or board of county commissioners of any county
14shall have the power to regulate the location of the
15facilities, as defined in subsection (c), of a
16telecommunications carrier or AM broadcast station established

 

 

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1outside the corporate limits of cities, villages, and
2incorporated towns that have municipal zoning ordinances in
3effect. The power shall only be exercised to the extent and in
4the manner set forth in this Section.
5    (b) The provisions of this Section shall not abridge any
6rights created by or authority confirmed in the federal
7Telecommunications Act of 1996, P.L. 104-104.
8    (c) As used in this Section, unless the context otherwise
9requires:
10        (1) "county jurisdiction area" means those portions of
11    a county that lie outside the corporate limits of cities,
12    villages, and incorporated towns that have municipal
13    zoning ordinances in effect;
14        (2) "county board" means the county board or board of
15    county commissioners of any county;
16        (3) "residential zoning district" means a zoning
17    district that is designated under a county zoning ordinance
18    and is zoned predominantly for residential uses;
19        (4) "non-residential zoning district" means the county
20    jurisdiction area of a county, except for those portions
21    within a residential zoning district;
22        (5) "residentially zoned lot" means a zoning lot in a
23    residential zoning district;
24        (6) "non-residentially zoned lot" means a zoning lot in
25    a non-residential zoning district;
26        (7) "telecommunications carrier" means a

 

 

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1    telecommunications carrier as defined in the Public
2    Utilities Act as of January 1, 1997;
3        (8) "facility" means that part of the signal
4    distribution system used or operated by a
5    telecommunications carrier or AM broadcast station under a
6    license from the FCC consisting of a combination of
7    improvements and equipment including (i) one or more
8    antennas, (ii) a supporting structure and the hardware by
9    which antennas are attached; (iii) equipment housing; and
10    (iv) ancillary equipment such as signal transmission
11    cables and miscellaneous hardware;
12        (9) "FAA" means the Federal Aviation Administration of
13    the United States Department of Transportation;
14        (10) "FCC" means the Federal Communications
15    Commission;
16        (11) "antenna" means an antenna device by which radio
17    signals are transmitted, received, or both;
18        (12) "supporting structure" means a structure, whether
19    an antenna tower or another type of structure, that
20    supports one or more antennas as part of a facility;
21        (13) "qualifying structure" means a supporting
22    structure that is (i) an existing structure, if the height
23    of the facility, including the structure, is not more than
24    15 feet higher than the structure just before the facility
25    is installed, or (ii) a substantially similar,
26    substantially same-location replacement of an existing

 

 

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1    structure, if the height of the facility, including the
2    replacement structure, is not more than 15 feet higher than
3    the height of the existing structure just before the
4    facility is installed;
5        (14) "equipment housing" means a combination of one or
6    more equipment buildings or enclosures housing equipment
7    that operates in conjunction with the antennas of a
8    facility, and the equipment itself;
9        (15) "height" of a facility means the total height of
10    the facility's supporting structure and any antennas that
11    will extend above the top of the supporting structure;
12    however, if the supporting structure's foundation extends
13    more than 3 feet above the uppermost ground level along the
14    perimeter of the foundation, then each full foot in excess
15    of 3 feet shall be counted as an additional foot of
16    facility height. The height of a facility's supporting
17    structure is to be measured from the highest point of the
18    supporting structure's foundation;
19        (16) "facility lot" means the zoning lot on which a
20    facility is or will be located;
21        (17) "principal residential building" has its common
22    meaning but shall not include any building under the same
23    ownership as the land of the facility lot. "Principal
24    residential building" shall not include any structure that
25    is not designed for human habitation;
26        (18) "horizontal separation distance" means the

 

 

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1    distance measured from the center of the base of the
2    facility's supporting structure to the point where the
3    ground meets a vertical wall of a principal residential
4    building;
5        (19) "lot line set back distance" means the distance
6    measured from the center of the base of the facility's
7    supporting structure to the nearest point on the common lot
8    line between the facility lot and the nearest residentially
9    zoned lot. If there is no common lot line, the measurement
10    shall be made to the nearest point on the lot line of the
11    nearest residentially zoned lot without deducting the
12    width of any intervening right of way; and
13        (20) "AM broadcast station" means a facility and one or
14    more towers for the purpose of transmitting communication
15    in the 540 kHz to 1700 kHz band for public reception
16    authorized by the FCC.
17        (21) "overlay zoning district" means a zoning district
18    that is designated under a county zoning ordinance and is
19    zoned predominantly for the location of new
20    telecommunications facilities and may include
21    unincorporated areas within a county.
22    (d) In choosing a location for a facility, a
23telecommunications carrier or AM broadcast station shall
24consider the following:
25        (1) A non-residentially zoned lot is the most desirable
26    location.

 

 

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1        (2) A residentially zoned lot that is not used for
2    residential purposes is the second most desirable
3    location.
4        (3) A residentially zoned lot that is 2 acres or more
5    in size and is used for residential purposes is the third
6    most desirable location.
7        (4) A residentially zoned lot that is less than 2 acres
8    in size and is used for residential purposes is the least
9    desirable location.
10    The size of a lot shall be the lot's gross area in square
11feet without deduction of any unbuildable or unusable land, any
12roadway, or any other easement.
13    (e) In designing a facility, a telecommunications carrier
14or AM broadcast station shall consider the following
15guidelines:
16        (1) No building or tower that is part of a facility
17    should encroach onto any recorded easement prohibiting the
18    encroachment unless the grantees of the easement have given
19    their approval.
20        (2) Lighting should be installed for security and
21    safety purposes only. Except with respect to lighting
22    required by the FCC or FAA, all lighting should be shielded
23    so that no glare extends substantially beyond the
24    boundaries of a facility.
25        (3) No facility should encroach onto an existing septic
26    field.

 

 

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1        (4) Any facility located in a special flood hazard area
2    or wetland should meet the legal requirements for those
3    lands.
4        (5) Existing trees more than 3 inches in diameter
5    should be preserved if reasonably feasible during
6    construction. If any tree more than 3 inches in diameter is
7    removed during construction a tree 3 inches or more in
8    diameter of the same or a similar species shall be planted
9    as a replacement if reasonably feasible. Tree diameter
10    shall be measured at a point 3 feet above ground level.
11        (6) If any elevation of a facility faces an existing,
12    adjoining residential use within a residential zoning
13    district, low maintenance landscaping should be provided
14    on or near the facility lot to provide at least partial
15    screening of the facility. The quantity and type of that
16    landscaping should be in accordance with any county
17    landscaping regulations of general applicability, except
18    that paragraph (5) of this subsection (e) shall control
19    over any tree-related regulations imposing a greater
20    burden.
21        (7) Fencing should be installed around a facility. The
22    height and materials of the fencing should be in accordance
23    with any county fence regulations of general
24    applicability.
25        (8) Any building that is part of a facility located
26    adjacent to a residentially zoned lot should be designed

 

 

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1    with exterior materials and colors that are reasonably
2    compatible with the residential character of the area.
3    (f) The following provisions shall apply to all facilities
4established in any county jurisdiction area (i) after the
5effective date of the amendatory Act of 1997 with respect to
6telecommunications carriers and (ii) after the effective date
7of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly with
8respect to AM broadcast stations:
9        (1) Except as provided in this Section, no yard or set
10    back regulations shall apply to or be required for a
11    facility.
12        (2) A facility may be located on the same zoning lot as
13    one or more other structures or uses without violating any
14    ordinance or regulation that prohibits or limits multiple
15    structures, buildings, or uses on a zoning lot.
16        (3) No minimum lot area, width, or depth shall be
17    required for a facility, and unless the facility is to be
18    manned on a regular, daily basis, no off-street parking
19    spaces shall be required for a facility. If the facility is
20    to be manned on a regular, daily basis, one off-street
21    parking space shall be provided for each employee regularly
22    at the facility. No loading facilities are required.
23        (4) No portion of a facility's supporting structure or
24    equipment housing shall be less than 15 feet from the front
25    lot line of the facility lot or less than 10 feet from any
26    other lot line.

 

 

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1        (5) No bulk regulations or lot coverage, building
2    coverage, or floor area ratio limitations shall be applied
3    to a facility or to any existing use or structure
4    coincident with the establishment of a facility. Except as
5    provided in this Section, no height limits or restrictions
6    shall apply to a facility.
7        (6) A county's review of a building permit application
8    for a facility shall be completed within 30 days. If a
9    decision of the county board is required to permit the
10    establishment of a facility, the county's review of the
11    application shall be simultaneous with the process leading
12    to the county board's decision.
13        (7) The improvements and equipment comprising the
14    facility may be wholly or partly freestanding or wholly or
15    partly attached to, enclosed in, or installed in or on a
16    structure or structures.
17        (8) Any public hearing authorized under this Section
18    shall be conducted in a manner determined by the county
19    board. Notice of any such public hearing shall be published
20    at least 15 days before the hearing in a newspaper of
21    general circulation published in the county. Notice of any
22    such public hearing shall also be sent by certified mail at
23    least 15 days prior to the hearing to the owners of record
24    of all residential property that is adjacent to the lot
25    upon which the facility is proposed to be sited.
26        (9) Any decision regarding a facility by the county

 

 

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1    board or a county agency or official shall be supported by
2    written findings of fact. The circuit court shall have
3    jurisdiction to review the reasonableness of any adverse
4    decision and the plaintiff shall bear the burden of proof,
5    but there shall be no presumption of the validity of the
6    decision.
7        (10) Thirty days prior to the issuance of a building
8    permit for a facility necessitating the erection of a new
9    tower, the permit applicant shall provide written notice of
10    its intent to construct the facility to the State
11    Representative and the State Senator of the district in
12    which the subject facility is to be constructed and all
13    county board members for the county board district in the
14    county in which the subject facility is to be constructed.
15    This notice shall include, but not be limited to, the
16    following information: (i) the name, address, and
17    telephone number of the company responsible for the
18    construction of the facility; (ii) the name, address, and
19    telephone number of the governmental entity authorized to
20    issue the building permit; and (iii) the location of the
21    proposed facility. The applicant shall demonstrate
22    compliance with the notice requirements set forth in this
23    item (10) by submitting certified mail receipts or
24    equivalent mail service receipts at the same time that the
25    applicant submits the permit application.
26    (g) The following provisions shall apply to all facilities

 

 

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1established (i) after the effective date of this amendatory Act
2of 1997 with respect to telecommunications carriers and (ii)
3after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th
4General Assembly with respect to AM broadcast stations in the
5county jurisdiction area of any county with a population of
6less than 180,000:
7        (1) A facility is permitted if its supporting structure
8    is a qualifying structure or if both of the following
9    conditions are met:
10            (A) the height of the facility shall not exceed 200
11        feet, except that if a facility is located more than
12        one and one-half miles from the corporate limits of any
13        municipality with a population of 25,000 or more the
14        height of the facility shall not exceed 350 feet; and
15            (B) the horizontal separation distance to the
16        nearest principal residential building shall not be
17        less than the height of the supporting structure;
18        except that if the supporting structure exceeds 99 feet
19        in height, the horizontal separation distance to the
20        nearest principal residential building shall be at
21        least 100 feet or 80% of the height of the supporting
22        structure, whichever is greater. Compliance with this
23        paragraph shall only be evaluated as of the time that a
24        building permit application for the facility is
25        submitted. If the supporting structure is not an
26        antenna tower this paragraph is satisfied.

 

 

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1        (2) Unless a facility is permitted under paragraph (1)
2    of this subsection (g), a facility can be established only
3    after the county board gives its approval following
4    consideration of the provisions of paragraph (3) of this
5    subsection (g). The county board may give its approval
6    after one public hearing on the proposal, but only by the
7    favorable vote of a majority of the members present at a
8    meeting held no later than 75 days after submission of a
9    complete application by the telecommunications carrier. If
10    the county board fails to act on the application within 75
11    days after its submission, the application shall be deemed
12    to have been approved. No more than one public hearing
13    shall be required.
14        (3) For purposes of paragraph (2) of this subsection
15    (g), the following siting considerations, but no other
16    matter, shall be considered by the county board or any
17    other body conducting the public hearing:
18            (A) the criteria in subsection (d) of this Section;
19            (B) whether a substantial adverse effect on public
20        safety will result from some aspect of the facility's
21        design or proposed construction, but only if that
22        aspect of design or construction is modifiable by the
23        applicant;
24            (C) the benefits to be derived by the users of the
25        services to be provided or enhanced by the facility and
26        whether public safety and emergency response

 

 

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1        capabilities would benefit by the establishment of the
2        facility;
3            (D) the existing uses on adjacent and nearby
4        properties; and
5            (E) the extent to which the design of the proposed
6        facility reflects compliance with subsection (e) of
7        this Section.
8        (4) On judicial review of an adverse decision, the
9    issue shall be the reasonableness of the county board's
10    decision in light of the evidence presented on the siting
11    considerations and the well-reasoned recommendations of
12    any other body that conducts the public hearing.
13    (h) The following provisions shall apply to all facilities
14established after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
151997 in the county jurisdiction area of any county with a
16population of 180,000 or more. A facility is permitted in any
17zoning district subject to the following:
18        (1) A facility shall not be located on a lot under
19    paragraph (4) of subsection (d) unless a variation is
20    granted by the county board under paragraph (4) of this
21    subsection (h) or pursuant to subsection (j).
22        (2) Except for a facility located in an overlay zoning
23    district, unless Unless a height variation is granted by
24    the county board, the height of a facility shall not exceed
25    75 feet if the facility will be located in a residential
26    zoning district or 200 feet if the facility will be located

 

 

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1    in a non-residential zoning district. However, the height
2    of a facility may exceed the height limit in this
3    paragraph, and no height variation shall be required, if
4    the supporting structure is a qualifying structure.
5        (3) Except for a facility located in an overlay zoning
6    district, the The improvements and equipment of the
7    facility shall be placed to comply with the requirements of
8    this paragraph at the time a building permit application
9    for the facility is submitted. If the supporting structure
10    is an antenna tower other than a qualifying structure then
11    (i) if the facility will be located in a residential zoning
12    district the lot line set back distance to the nearest
13    residentially zoned lot shall be at least 50% of the height
14    of the facility's supporting structure or (ii) if the
15    facility will be located in a non-residential zoning
16    district the horizontal separation distance to the nearest
17    principal residential building shall be at least equal to
18    the height of the facility's supporting structure.
19        (4) The county board may grant variations for any of
20    the regulations, conditions, and restrictions of this
21    subsection (h), after one public hearing on the proposed
22    variations held at a zoning or other appropriate committee
23    meeting with proper notice given as provided in this
24    Section, by a favorable vote of a majority of the members
25    present at a meeting held no later than 75 days after
26    submission of an application by the telecommunications

 

 

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1    carrier. If the county board fails to act on the
2    application within 75 days after submission, the
3    application shall be deemed to have been approved. In its
4    consideration of an application for variations, the county
5    board, and any other body conducting the public hearing,
6    shall consider the following, and no other matters:
7            (A) whether, but for the granting of a variation,
8        the service that the telecommunications carrier seeks
9        to enhance or provide with the proposed facility will
10        be less available, impaired, or diminished in quality,
11        quantity, or scope of coverage;
12            (B) whether the conditions upon which the
13        application for variations is based are unique in some
14        respect or, if not, whether the strict application of
15        the regulations would result in a hardship on the
16        telecommunications carrier;
17            (C) whether a substantial adverse effect on public
18        safety will result from some aspect of the facility's
19        design or proposed construction, but only if that
20        aspect of design or construction is modifiable by the
21        applicant;
22            (D) whether there are benefits to be derived by the
23        users of the services to be provided or enhanced by the
24        facility and whether public safety and emergency
25        response capabilities would benefit by the
26        establishment of the facility; and

 

 

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1            (E) the extent to which the design of the proposed
2        facility reflects compliance with subsection (e) of
3        this Section.
4    No more than one public hearing shall be required.
5        (5) On judicial review of an adverse decision, the
6    issue shall be the reasonableness of the county board's
7    decision in light of the evidence presented and the
8    well-reasoned recommendations of any other body that
9    conducted the public hearing.
10    (h-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
11modifications to existing facilities outside of an overlay
12zoning district shall be permitted, subject to the requirements
13of subsections (e), (f), and (h) of this Section.
14    (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
15contrary, 30 days prior to the issuance of any permits for a
16new telecommunications facility within a county, the
17telecommunications carrier constructing the facility shall
18provide written notice of its intent to construct the facility.
19The notice shall include, but not be limited to, the following
20information: (i) the name, address, and telephone number of the
21company responsible for the construction of the facility, (ii)
22the address and telephone number of the governmental entity
23that is to issue the building permit for the telecommunications
24facility, (iii) a site plan and site map of sufficient
25specificity to indicate both the location of the parcel where
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1location of all the telecommunications facilities within that
2parcel, and (iv) the property index number and common address
3of the parcel where the telecommunications facility is to be
4located. The notice shall not contain any material that appears
5to be an advertisement for the telecommunications carrier or
6any services provided by the telecommunications carrier. The
7notice shall be provided in person, by overnight private
8courier, or by certified mail to all owners of property within
9250 feet of the parcel in which the telecommunications carrier
10has a leasehold or ownership interest. For the purposes of this
11notice requirement, "owners" means those persons or entities
12identified from the authentic tax records of the county in
13which the telecommunications facility is to be located. If,
14after a bona fide effort by the telecommunications carrier to
15determine the owner and his or her address, the owner of the
16property on whom the notice must be served cannot be found at
17the owner's last known address, or if the mailed notice is
18returned because the owner cannot be found at the last known
19address, the notice requirement of this paragraph is deemed
20satisfied.
21    (j) The county board in a county with a population of
22180,000 or more may establish an overlay zoning district to
23confine the location of new facilities constructed after the
24effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General
25Assembly to that district. In establishing the boundaries of
26the overlay zoning district, the county board may not

 

 

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1unreasonably discriminate among providers of functionally
2equivalent services and may not prohibit the provision of
3telecommunications services, as provided for in the
4Telecommunications Act of 1996. In the event a
5telecommunications carrier finds that, for service coverage
6purposes, a facility is necessary in an area not designated as
7part of the overlay zoning district, the carrier may petition
8the county board to amend the overlay zoning district, pursuant
9to Section 5-12014 of this Division, to incorporate the
10facility parcel. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
11Section, the establishment of proposed new facilities and the
12modification of existing facilities, including the addition of
13new antennae, within the overlay zoning district shall be
14subject to the following:
15        (1) The county may establish generally applicable
16    standards governing the height and setbacks of proposed
17    facilities and facility modifications in the overlay
18    zoning district.
19        (2) The county may require that proposed new facilities
20    be architecturally compatible with the surrounding
21    buildings and land uses within the overlay zoning district
22    or otherwise integrated, through coloring, location, and
23    design, to blend in with the existing characteristics of
24    the site.
25        (3) The county may establish standards for landscaping
26    to provide screening of proposed new facilities from

 

 

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1    adjacent uses.
2        (4) In the event that the use of a facility has been
3    discontinued for a period of at least 90 consecutive days,
4    the county may deem the facility to be abandoned. In the
5    event of abandonment, the county may require that the
6    carrier remove the facility and restore the site. As part
7    of the permitting process for a proposed facility,
8    performance guarantees may be required to ensure the
9    facility removal and site restoration.
10        (5) Provided that the proposed new facility or facility
11    modification meets the requirements of this subsection
12    (j), the county may approve an application for a proposed
13    new facility or modification no later than 30 days after
14    submission of an application by the telecommunications
15    carrier. If a carrier's proposed facility or modification
16    does not meet the requirements of this subsection (j), then
17    the county may require the carrier to obtain a special use
18    permit pursuant to Section 5-12009.5 of this Division,
19    prior to the establishment of the new facility or facility
20    modification. In that case, the county's review and
21    decision on the application shall be completed within 120
22    days after the submission of an application. If the county
23    fails to act on an application within the required time
24    period, then the application shall be deemed to have been
25    approved.
26(Source: P.A. 96-696, eff. 1-1-10; 97-242, eff. 8-4-11; 97-496,

 

 

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1eff. 8-22-11; revised 9-28-11.)
 
2    Section 10. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
3changing Section 11-13-1 as follows:
 
4    (65 ILCS 5/11-13-1)  (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-1)
5    Sec. 11-13-1. To the end that adequate light, pure air, and
6safety from fire and other dangers may be secured, that the
7taxable value of land and buildings throughout the municipality
8may be conserved, that congestion in the public streets may be
9lessened or avoided, that the hazards to persons and damage to
10property resulting from the accumulation or runoff of storm or
11flood waters may be lessened or avoided, and that the public
12health, safety, comfort, morals, and welfare may otherwise be
13promoted, and to insure and facilitate the preservation of
14sites, areas, and structures of historical, architectural and
15aesthetic importance; the corporate authorities in each
16municipality have the following powers:
17        (1) to regulate and limit the height and bulk of
18    buildings hereafter to be erected;
19        (2) to establish, regulate and limit, subject to the
20    provisions of Division 14 of this Article 11, the building
21    or set-back lines on or along any street, traffic-way,
22    drive, parkway or storm or floodwater runoff channel or
23    basin;
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1    lot areas, and to regulate and determine the area of open
2    spaces, within and surrounding such buildings;
3        (4) to classify, regulate and restrict the location of
4    trades and industries and the location of buildings
5    designed for specified industrial, business, residential,
6    and other uses;
7        (5) to divide the entire municipality into districts of
8    such number, shape, area, and of such different classes
9    (according to use of land and buildings, height and bulk of
10    buildings, intensity of the use of lot area, area of open
11    spaces, or other classification) as may be deemed best
12    suited to carry out the purposes of this Division 13;
13        (6) to fix standards to which buildings or structures
14    therein shall conform;
15        (7) to prohibit uses, buildings, or structures
16    incompatible with the character of such districts;
17        (8) to prevent additions to and alteration or
18    remodeling of existing buildings or structures in such a
19    way as to avoid the restrictions and limitations lawfully
20    imposed under this Division 13;
21        (9) to classify, to regulate and restrict the use of
22    property on the basis of family relationship, which family
23    relationship may be defined as one or more persons each
24    related to the other by blood, marriage or adoption and
25    maintaining a common household;
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1    which may hinder access to solar energy necessary for the
2    proper functioning of a solar energy system, as defined in
3    Section 1.2 of the Comprehensive Solar Energy Act of 1977;
4        (11) to require the creation and preservation of
5    affordable housing, including the power to provide
6    increased density or other zoning incentives to developers
7    who are creating, establishing, or preserving affordable
8    housing; and
9        (12) to establish local standards solely for the review
10    of the exterior design of buildings and structures,
11    excluding utility facilities and outdoor off-premises
12    advertising signs, and designate a board or commission to
13    implement the review process; except that, other than
14    reasonable restrictions as to size, no home rule or
15    non-home rule municipality may prohibit the display of
16    outdoor political campaign signs on residential property
17    during any period of time, the regulation of these signs
18    being a power and function of the State and, therefor, this
19    item (12) is a denial and limitation of concurrent home
20    rule powers and functions under subsection (i) of Section 6
21    of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution.
22    The powers enumerated may be exercised within the corporate
23limits or within contiguous territory not more than one and
24one-half miles beyond the corporate limits and not included
25within any municipality. However, if any municipality adopts a
26plan pursuant to Division 12 of Article 11 which plan includes

 

 

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1in its provisions a provision that the plan applies to such
2contiguous territory not more than one and one-half miles
3beyond the corporate limits and not included in any
4municipality, then no other municipality shall adopt a plan
5that shall apply to any territory included within the territory
6provided in the plan first so adopted by another municipality.
7No municipality shall exercise any power set forth in this
8Division 13 outside the corporate limits thereof, if the county
9in which such municipality is situated has adopted "An Act in
10relation to county zoning", approved June 12, 1935, as amended.
11Nothing in this Section prevents a municipality of more than
12112,000 population located in a county of less than 185,000
13population that has adopted a zoning ordinance and the county
14that adopted the zoning ordinance from entering into an
15intergovernmental agreement that allows the municipality to
16exercise its zoning powers beyond its territorial limits;
17provided, however, that the intergovernmental agreement must
18be limited to the territory within the municipality's planning
19jurisdiction as defined by law or any existing boundary
20agreement. The county and the municipality must amend their
21individual zoning maps in the same manner as other zoning
22changes are incorporated into revised zoning maps. No such
23intergovernmental agreement may authorize a municipality to
24exercise its zoning powers, other than powers that a county may
25exercise under Section 5-12001 of the Counties Code, with
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1Act of the 92nd General Assembly is declarative of existing
2law. No municipality may exercise any power set forth in this
3Division 13 outside the corporate limits of the municipality
4with respect to a facility of a telecommunications carrier
5defined in Section 5-12001.1 of the Counties Code.
6    The proposed addition of new antennae to an existing
7telecommunications facility shall be permitted, and the
8municipality's review and decision shall be completed within 60
9days after submission of an application for the addition.
10Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 30
11days prior to the issuance of any permits for a new
12telecommunications facility within 1.5 miles of a
13municipality, the telecommunications carrier constructing the
14facility shall provide written notice of its intent to
15construct the facility. The notice shall include, but not be
16limited to, the following information: (i) the name, address,
17and telephone number of the company responsible for the
18construction of the facility, (ii) the address and telephone
19number of the governmental entity that is to issue the building
20permit for the telecommunications facility, (iii) a site plan
21and site map of sufficient specificity to indicate both the
22location of the parcel where the telecommunications facility is
23to be constructed and the location of all the
24telecommunications facilities within that parcel, and (iv) the
25property index number and common address of the parcel where
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1shall not contain any material that appears to be an
2advertisement for the telecommunications carrier or any
3services provided by the telecommunications carrier. The
4notice shall be provided in person, by overnight private
5courier, or by certified mail to all owners of property within
6250 feet of the parcel in which the telecommunications carrier
7has a leasehold or ownership interest. For the purposes of this
8notice requirement, "owners" means those persons or entities
9identified from the authentic tax records of the county in
10which the telecommunications facility is to be located. If,
11after a bona fide effort by the telecommunications carrier to
12determine the owner and his or her address, the owner of the
13property on whom the notice must be served cannot be found at
14the owner's last known address, or if the mailed notice is
15returned because the owner cannot be found at the last known
16address, the notice requirement of this paragraph is deemed
17satisfied. For the purposes of this paragraph, "facility" means
18that term as it is defined in Section 5-12001.1 of the Counties
19Code.
20    If a municipality adopts a zoning plan covering an area
21outside its corporate limits, the plan adopted shall be
22reasonable with respect to the area outside the corporate
23limits so that future development will not be hindered or
24impaired; it is reasonable for a municipality to regulate or
25prohibit the extraction of sand, gravel, or limestone even when
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1or any part of the area outside the corporate limits of a
2municipality which has been zoned in accordance with the
3provisions of this Division 13 is annexed to another
4municipality or municipalities, the annexing unit shall
5thereafter exercise all zoning powers and regulations over the
6annexed area.
7    In all ordinances passed under the authority of this
8Division 13, due allowance shall be made for existing
9conditions, the conservation of property values, the direction
10of building development to the best advantage of the entire
11municipality and the uses to which the property is devoted at
12the time of the enactment of such an ordinance. The powers
13conferred by this Division 13 shall not be exercised so as to
14deprive the owner of any existing property of its use or
15maintenance for the purpose to which it is then lawfully
16devoted, but provisions may be made for the gradual elimination
17of uses, buildings and structures which are incompatible with
18the character of the districts in which they are made or
19located, including, without being limited thereto, provisions
20(a) for the elimination of such uses of unimproved lands or lot
21areas when the existing rights of the persons in possession
22thereof are terminated or when the uses to which they are
23devoted are discontinued; (b) for the elimination of uses to
24which such buildings and structures are devoted, if they are
25adaptable for permitted uses; and (c) for the elimination of
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1damaged in major part, or when they have reached the age fixed
2by the corporate authorities of the municipality as the normal
3useful life of such buildings or structures.
4    This amendatory Act of 1971 does not apply to any
5municipality which is a home rule unit, except as provided in
6item (12).
7(Source: P.A. 96-904, eff. 1-1-11; 97-496, eff. 8-22-11.)".