55 ILCS 5/5-12007
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

 (from Ch. 34, par. 5-12007)Sec. 5-12007.     Zoning commission; proposed ordinance.     The county  board in counties which desire to exercise the powers conferred by this  Division shall provide for a zoning commission of  not less than 3 nor more than 9 members whose duty it shall be to  recommend the boundaries of districts and appropriate regulations to be  enforced therein, such commission to be appointed by the chairman or  president of the county board, subject to confirmation by the county  board.  The members of the zoning commission shall be compensated on a  per diem basis with a mileage allowance for travel, the amounts to be  determined by the county board. Such commission shall prepare a  tentative report and a proposed zoning ordinance or resolution for the  entire county outside the limits of cities, villages and incorporated  towns which have in effect municipal zoning ordinances.  After the  preparation of such tentative report and ordinance or resolution, the  commission shall hold hearings thereon and shall afford persons  interested an opportunity to be heard.  A hearing shall be held in each  township or road district affected by the terms of such proposed  ordinance or resolution.  Notice of each hearing shall be published at  least 15 days in advance thereof in a newspaper of general circulation  published in the township or road district in which such property is  located. If no newspaper is published in such township or road district,  then such notice shall be published in a newspaper of general  circulation  published in the county and having circulation where such  property is located.   Such notice shall state the time and place of the  hearing and the place where copies of the proposed ordinance or  resolution will be accessible for examination by interested parties.  Such hearings may be adjourned from time to time.  If any municipality  having a zoning ordinance wishes to protest the proposed county zoning  provisions for the area within one and one-half miles of its corporate  limits, it shall appear at a hearing and submit in writing specific  proposals to the commission for zoning such territory.  If the Board of  Trustees of any township located in a county with a population of less than  1,000,000 wishes to protest the proposed zoning of property in the  unincorporated area of the township, it shall appear at a hearing and  submit in writing specific proposals to the commission for zoning such  territory. If the commission approves of such proposals they shall be  incorporated within the report of the commission and its proposed ordinance.Within 30 days after the final adjournment of such hearings the  commission shall make a final report and submit a proposed ordinance or  resolution to the county board.  The county board may enact the  ordinance or resolution with or without change, or may refer it back to  the commission for further consideration.  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 the proposed zoning of property in the  unincorporated areas of the township, the township board of trustees may  submit its written objections to the county board within 30 days after the  submission of a proposed zoning ordinance or resolution by the County Zoning  Commission to the county board.  In such case, the county board shall not  adopt zoning provisions which affect the unincorporated areas of the township,  except by the favorable vote of 3/4 of all the members of the county board.  If the proposals made by a municipality as provided above in this Section  are not incorporated in their entirety into the ordinance proposed to be  enacted by the county board, the county board shall not enact the proposed  zoning of such area  within one and one-half miles of such municipality  except by a three-fourths vote of all members. The zoning commission shall  cease to exist, upon the adoption of a zoning ordinance or resolution for  such county.In the preparation of its report and proposed zoning ordinance or  resolution the commission may incur such expenditures as shall be  authorized by the county board.  The provisions of the amendatory Act of  1963 (Laws 1963, p. 297) shall apply only to the initial and original  proposed county zoning ordinance and shall not apply to any subsequent  amendments or revisions of such county zoning ordinance once adopted or to  the supplanting of such county zoning ordinance with an entirely new zoning  ordinance; provided, that any zoning ordinance or resolution heretofore  enacted which excludes municipalities subject to regulation shall be  amended or modified, in the manner hereinabove prescribed for original  enactment, to make provision to include any such municipality.Appeals from final zoning decisions of the County Board must be filed  within one year unless a shorter filing period is required by another law.    (Source: P.A. 89-272, eff. 8-10-95.)