55 ILCS 5/5-12009.5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 55 - COUNTIES|55 ILCS 5/ - Counties Code.|Article 5 - Powers And Duties Of County Boards

Sec. 5-12009.5.     Special uses.(a) The county board may, by an ordinance passed under this Division,  provide  for  the classification of special uses.  Those uses may include, but are not  limited to, public and quasi-public uses affecting the public interest;  uses that have a unique, special, or unusual impact upon the use or enjoyment  of neighboring property; and uses that affect planned development.  A use may  be permitted in one or more zoning districts and may be a special use in one or  more other zoning districts.(b) A special use may be granted only after a public hearing conducted by  the  board of  appeals.  There must be at least 15 days' notice before the hearing.  The  notice  must include the time, place, and date of the hearing and must be published in  a  newspaper published in the township or road district where the property is  located.  If there is no newspaper published in the township or road district  where the property is located,  the notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the  county.  The notice must also contain (i) the particular location of the  property for which the special use is requested by legal  description and by street address, or if there is no street address, by  locating the property with reference to any well-known landmark, highway,  road, thoroughfare, or intersection; (ii) whether the petitioner or  applicant is acting for himself or herself or as an agent, alter ego, or  representative of a principal and the name and address of the principal; (iii)  whether the petitioner or applicant is a corporation, and if so, the correct  names and addresses of all officers and  directors of the corporation and of all stockholders or shareholders owning any  interest in excess  of 20% of all of the  outstanding stock or shares of the corporation; (iv) whether the petitioner or  applicant, or his or her principal, is a business or entity doing business  under an assumed name, and if so, the name and residence of all actual  owners of the business or entity; (v) whether the petitioner or applicant,  or his or her principal, is a  partnership, joint venture, syndicate, or an unincorporated voluntary  association, and if so, the names and addresses of all partners or members of  the partnership, joint venture, syndicate, or unincorporated voluntary  association; and  (vi) a brief statement of the proposed special use.In addition to any other notice required by this Section, the board of  appeals must give at least 15 days' notice before the hearing to (i)  any  municipality whose boundaries are within 1-1/2 miles of any part of the  property proposed as a special use and (ii) the owner or owners of any land  adjacent to or immediately across any street,  alley, or public right-of-way from the property proposed as a special use.The petitioner or applicant must pay the cost of the publication  of the notice required by this Section.(c) A special use may be granted only upon evidence that the special use  meets  the standards established for that classification in the ordinance.  The  special use may be subject to conditions  reasonably necessary to meet those standards.(d) The board of appeals shall  report to the county board a finding of fact and a recommendation as to whether  the  county board should deny, grant, or grant subject to conditions the special  use.  The county board may, by ordinance and without a further public hearing,  adopt any proposed special use on receiving the report or it may refer the  proposal back to the board of appeals for further consideration.(e) The county board may, by ordinance, delegate to the board of appeals the  authority to grant special uses subject to the restrictions and requirements  of this Section.  The ordinance may delegate the authority to grant all  special uses or to grant only certain classes of special uses while reserving  to the county board the authority to grant other classes of special uses.  If  the county board enacts an ordinance delegating its authority, the board of  appeals must, after conducting the required public hearing,  issue a finding of fact and final decision in writing on the proposed special  use.    (Source: P.A. 90-175, eff. 1-1-98; 91-334, eff. 7-29-99.)