(65 ILCS 5/9-3-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 9-3-8)
Sec. 9-3-8.
After the public hearing has been held as provided in Section
9-3-7, and after the plans, specifications and estimate of cost have been
filed in the office of the recording officer of the municipality, the
corporate authorities shall by resolution, set a date for consideration and
passage of the ordinance, and direct that notice be given by posting or
publication of the date set for consideration of said ordinance. Such
notice, if posted, shall be posted in not less than 3 public places in such
municipality not less than 10 days prior to the date set for such
consideration. If published such notice shall be published at least once in
a newspaper published and of general circulation in the municipality, if
there be such a newspaper, not less than 10 days prior to the date set for
the consideration of the ordinance. If no newspaper of general circulation
is published within the municipality then no publication shall be necessary
and notice given by posting will be sufficient. Such notice by posting or
by publication shall describe generally the improvement proposed to be
made, set the boundaries of the area probably benefited, and provide that
the owners of record of real estate within the area may at any time, prior
to the date set for consideration of the ordinance authorizing the
improvement, protest in writing against the construction of such
improvement. If the owners of record of 70% or more of the area of the real
estate located within the area described as probably benefited, file a
written protest in the office of the recording officer (to be designated in
the posting or publication) prior to the date set for consideration of the
ordinance authorizing the improvement, then the corporate authorities of
such municipality shall not pass the ordinance, and the improvement shall
not again be initiated for a period of 6 months.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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