55 ILCS 5/5-12014
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12014)Sec. 5-12014. Amendment of regulations and districts.(a) For  purposes of this Section, the term "text amendment" means an amendment to  the text of a zoning ordinance, which affects the whole county, and the  term "map amendment" means an amendment to the map of a zoning ordinance,  which affects an individual parcel or parcels of land.(b) The regulations imposed and the districts created under the  authority of this Division may be amended from time to time by ordinance or  resolution, after the ordinance or resolution establishing same has gone  into effect, but no such amendments shall be made without a hearing  before the board of appeals.  At least 15 days notice of the time and  place of such hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general  circulation published in such county. Hearings on text amendments shall  be held in the court house of the county or other county building with more  adequate facilities for such hearings.  Hearings on map amendments shall be  held in the township or road district affected by the terms of such  proposed amendment or in the court house, or other county building with  more adequate facilities for such hearings, of the county in which the  affected township or road district is located.  Provided, that if the owner  of any property affected by such proposed map amendment so requests in  writing, such hearing shall be held in the township or road district  affected by the terms of such proposed amendment. Except as provided in  subsection (c), text amendments may be passed at a county board meeting by  a simple majority of the elected county board members, unless written  protests against the proposed text amendment are signed by 5% of the land  owners of the county, in which case such amendment shall not be passed  except by the favorable vote of 3/4 of all the members of the county board.   Except as provided in subsection (c), map amendments may be passed at a  county board meeting by a simple majority of the elected county board  members, except that in case of written protest against any proposed map  amendment that is either: (A) signed by the owner or owners of at least 20%  of the land to be rezoned, or (B) signed by the owner or owners of land  immediately touching, or immediately across a street, alley, or public  right-of-way from, at least 20% of the perimeter of the land to be rezoned,  or in cases where the land affected lies within 1 1/2 miles  of the limits of a zoned municipality, or in the case of a proposed text  amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, by resolution of the corporate  authorities  of the zoned municipality with limits nearest adjacent,  filed with the county clerk, such amendment shall not be passed except  by the favorable vote of 3/4 of all the members of the county board, but  in counties in which the county board consists of 3 members only a 2/3  vote is required.  In such cases, a copy of the written protest shall be  served by the protestor or protestors on the applicant for the proposed  amendment and a copy upon the applicant's attorney, if any, by certified  mail at the address of such applicant and attorney shown in the  application for the proposed amendment.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, if a map amendment is  proposed solely to correct an error made by the county as a result of a  comprehensive rezoning by the county, the map amendments may be passed at a  county board meeting by a simple majority of the elected board.Any notice required by this Section need  not include a metes and bounds legal description, provided that  the notice includes: (i) the common street address or addresses  and (ii) the property index number ("PIN") or numbers of all  the parcels of real property contained in the area for which  the variation is requested.(c) If a township located within a county with a population of less  than 600,000 has a plan commission and the plan commission objects to a  text amendment or a map amendment affecting an unincorporated area of the  township, then the township board of trustees may submit its written  objections to the county board within 30 days after the hearing before the  board of appeals, in which case the county board may not adopt the text  amendment or the map amendment affecting an unincorporated area of the  township except by the favorable vote of at least three-fourths of all the  members of the county board.  (Source: P.A. 98-205, eff. 8-9-13.)