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Public Act 91-0721
HB3131 Enrolled LRB9111252MWgc
AN ACT concerning township plan commissions.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing
Section 105-35 as follows:
(60 ILCS 1/105-35)
Sec. 105-35. Township plan commission.
(a) In townships with a population of more than 500
located in counties with a population of less than 600,000,
the township board may by resolution create a township plan
commission. The commission shall consist of 5 members
appointed by the township supervisor with the advice and
consent of the township board. Their terms of office shall be
prescribed by the township board. The township supervisor
shall designate one of the members as chairman, and the plan
commission may appoint other officers it deems necessary and
appropriate. The township board may authorize a plan
commission to have necessary staff and shall pay the expenses
of that staff.
(b) Every township plan commission may have the
following powers and duties:
(1) The commission may prepare and recommend to the
township board a comprehensive plan for the present and
future development or redevelopment of the unincorporated
areas of the township. The plan may be adopted in whole
or in separate geographical or functional parts, each of
which, when adopted, shall be the official plan, or part
of the official plan, of that township. The plan may
include reasonable requirements with reference to
streets, alleys, public grounds, and other improvements
specified in this Section. The plan may recommend (i)
establishing reasonable standards of design for
subdivisions and for resubdivisions of unimproved land
and of areas subject to redevelopment with respect to
public improvements as defined in this Section and (ii)
establishing reasonable requirements governing the
location, width, course, and surfacing of public streets
and highways, alleys, ways for public service facilities,
curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street lights, parks,
playgrounds, school grounds, size of lots to be used for
residential purposes, storm water drainage, water supply
and distribution, sanitary sewers, and sewage collection
and treatment.
(2) The commission may from time to time recommend
changes in the official comprehensive plan.
(3) The commission may from time to time prepare
and recommend to the township authorities plans for
specific improvements in pursuance of the official
comprehensive plan.
(4) The commission may give aid to the officials
charged with the direction of projects for improvements
embraced within the official plan to further the making
of these projects and, generally, may promote the
realization of the official comprehensive plan.
(5) The commission may prepare and recommend to the
township board schemes for regulating or forbidding
structures or activities in unincorporated areas that may
hinder access to solar energy necessary for the proper
functioning of solar energy systems, as defined in
Section 1.2 of the Comprehensive Solar Energy Act of
1977, or may recommend changes in those schemes.
(6) The commission may exercise other powers
germane to the powers granted by this Section that are
conferred by the township board.
(c) If the county in which the township is located has
adopted a county zoning ordinance under Division 5-12 of the
Counties Code, the recommendations of the township plan
commission may be presented by the township board to the
county board of that county.
(Source: P.A. 86-1480; 86-1489; 87-435; 88-62.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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