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91_HB3131eng HB3131 Engrossed LRB9111252MWgc 1 AN ACT in concerning township plan commissions. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing 5 Section 105-35 as follows: 6 (60 ILCS 1/105-35) 7 Sec. 105-35. Township plan commission. 8 (a) In townshipswith a population of more than 5009 located in counties with a population of less than 600,000, 10 the township board may by resolution create a township plan 11 commission. The commission shall consist of 5 members 12 appointed by the township supervisor with the advice and 13 consent of the township board. Their terms of office shall be 14 prescribed by the township board. The township supervisor 15 shall designate one of the members as chairman, and the plan 16 commission may appoint other officers it deems necessary and 17 appropriate. The township board may authorize a plan 18 commission to have necessary staff and shall pay the expenses 19 of that staff. 20 (b) Every township plan commission may have the 21 following powers and duties: 22 (1) The commission may prepare and recommend to the 23 township board a comprehensive plan for the present and 24 future development or redevelopment of the unincorporated 25 areas of the township. The plan may be adopted in whole 26 or in separate geographical or functional parts, each of 27 which, when adopted, shall be the official plan, or part 28 of the official plan, of that township. The plan may 29 include reasonable requirements with reference to 30 streets, alleys, public grounds, and other improvements 31 specified in this Section. The plan may recommend (i) HB3131 Engrossed -2- LRB9111252MWgc 1 establishing reasonable standards of design for 2 subdivisions and for resubdivisions of unimproved land 3 and of areas subject to redevelopment with respect to 4 public improvements as defined in this Section and (ii) 5 establishing reasonable requirements governing the 6 location, width, course, and surfacing of public streets 7 and highways, alleys, ways for public service facilities, 8 curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street lights, parks, 9 playgrounds, school grounds, size of lots to be used for 10 residential purposes, storm water drainage, water supply 11 and distribution, sanitary sewers, and sewage collection 12 and treatment. 13 (2) The commission may from time to time recommend 14 changes in the official comprehensive plan. 15 (3) The commission may from time to time prepare 16 and recommend to the township authorities plans for 17 specific improvements in pursuance of the official 18 comprehensive plan. 19 (4) The commission may give aid to the officials 20 charged with the direction of projects for improvements 21 embraced within the official plan to further the making 22 of these projects and, generally, may promote the 23 realization of the official comprehensive plan. 24 (5) The commission may prepare and recommend to the 25 township board schemes for regulating or forbidding 26 structures or activities in unincorporated areas that may 27 hinder access to solar energy necessary for the proper 28 functioning of solar energy systems, as defined in 29 Section 1.2 of the Comprehensive Solar Energy Act of 30 1977, or may recommend changes in those schemes. 31 (6) The commission may exercise other powers 32 germane to the powers granted by this Section that are 33 conferred by the township board. 34 (c) If the county in which the township is located has HB3131 Engrossed -3- LRB9111252MWgc 1 adopted a county zoning ordinance under Division 5-12 of the 2 Counties Code, the recommendations of the township plan 3 commission may be presented by the township board to the 4 county board of that county. 5 (Source: P.A. 86-1480; 86-1489; 87-435; 88-62.) 6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 7 becoming law.