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91_HB2292
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1 AN ACT to amend the Township Code by changing Section
2 110-10.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing
6 Section 110-10 as follows:
7 (60 ILCS 1/110-10)
8 Sec. 110-10. Township board powers.
9 (a) For the purpose of promoting the public health,
10 safety, morals, comfort, and general welfare, conserving the
11 values of property throughout the township, and lessening or
12 avoiding the hazards to persons and damage to property
13 resulting from the accumulation or runoff of storm or flood
14 waters, the township board may do any of the following:
15 (1) Regulate and restrict the location and use of
16 buildings, structures, and land for trade, industry,
17 residence, and other uses that may be specified by the
18 board.
19 (2) Regulate and restrict the intensity of those
20 uses.
21 (3) Establish building or setback lines on or along
22 any street, trafficway, drive, parkway, or storm or
23 floodwater runoff channel or basin outside the area that
24 is subject to a municipal zoning ordinance.
25 (4) Divide the township into districts (i) of a
26 number, shape, and area and (ii) of different classes
27 according to the use of land and buildings, the intensity
28 of that use (including height of buildings and structures
29 and surrounding open space), and any other
30 classification, all as deemed best suited to carry out
31 the purposes of this Article.
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1 (5) Prohibit uses, buildings, or structures
2 incompatible with the character of those districts
3 respectively.
4 (6) Prevent additions to and alteration or
5 remodeling of existing buildings or structures in a way
6 to avoid the restrictions and limitations lawfully
7 imposed under this Article.
8 (7) Submit written objections to the county board
9 concerning a proposed county zoning ordinance,
10 resolution, or variation as provided in Sections 5-12007
11 and 5-12009 of the Counties Code.
12 (b) In all ordinances or resolutions passed under this
13 Article, due allowance shall be made for existing conditions,
14 the conservation of property values, the directions of
15 building development to the best advantage of the entire
16 county, and the uses to which property is devoted at the time
17 of the enactment of the ordinance or resolution.
18 (Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)