65 ILCS 5/11-13-7
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-7)Sec. 11-13-7.   In addition to the notice requirements otherwise provided for  in this Division 13, in municipalities of 500,000 or more population, an  applicant for variation or special use shall, not more than 30 days before  filing an application for variation or special use with the board of  appeals, serve written notice, either in person or by registered mail,  return receipt requested, on the owners, as recorded in the office of the  recorder of deeds or the registrar of titles of the county in which the  property is located and as appears from the authentic tax records of such  county, of all property within 250 feet in each direction of the location  for which the variation or special use is requested; provided, the number  of feet occupied by all public roads, streets, alleys and other public ways  shall be excluded in computing the 250 feet requirement. The notice herein  required shall contain the address of the location for which the variation  or special use is requested, a brief statement of the nature of the  requested variation or special use, the name and address of the legal and  beneficial owner of the property for which the variation or special use is  requested, a statement that the applicant intends to file an application  for variation or special use and the approximate date on which the  application will be filed. If, after a bona fide effort to determine such  address by the applicant for variation or special use, the owner of the  property on which the notice is served cannot be found at his or her last known  address, or the mailed notice is returned because the owner cannot be found  at the last known address, the notice requirements of this sub-section  shall be deemed satisfied. In addition to serving the notice herein  required, at the time of filing application for variation or special use,  the applicant shall furnish to the board of appeals a complete list  containing the names and last known addresses of the owners of the property  required to be served, the method of service and the names and last known  addresses of the owners of the service and the names and addresses of the  persons so served. The applicant shall also furnish a written statement  certifying that he or she has complied with the requirements of this subsection.  The board of appeals shall hear no application for variation or special use  unless the applicant for variation or special use furnishes the list and  certificate herein required. The board of appeals shall, not more than 30  days nor less than 15 days before the hearing at which the application for  variation or special use is to be considered, send written notice to the  persons appearing on the list furnished by the applicant, which notice  shall contain the time and place of the hearing, the address of the  location for which the variation or special use is requested and the name  and address of the applicant for variation or special use and a brief  statement of the nature of the variation or special use requested. Any notice required herein need not include a metes and bounds legal description of the property for which the variation or special use is requested, 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 or special use is requested.Any property owner within the above stated 250 feet notice  requirement, who  entered his or her appearance and objected at the board of appeals hearing, and  who shows that his or her property will be substantially affected by the outcome  of the decision of the board may, without proof of any specific, special,  or unique damages to himself or herself or his or her property or  any adverse effect upon his  property from the proposed variation or special use, seek judicial relief  from any order or  decision of the board of appeals under the Administrative  Review Law, and all amendments and modifications  thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto.  If the board of appeals  determines that the property of any such owner will not be substantially  affected by the outcome of the decision of the board, such owner may  initiate or join in judicial review under the Administrative  Review Law, as provided  in this Section.  (Source: P.A. 97-336, eff. 8-12-11.)