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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3131
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3131 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning township plan commissions."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing
8 Section 105-35 as follows:
9 (60 ILCS 1/105-35)
10 Sec. 105-35. Township plan commission.
11 (a) In townships with a population of more than 500
12 located in counties with a population of less than 600,000,
13 the township board may by resolution create a township plan
14 commission. The commission shall consist of 5 members
15 appointed by the township supervisor with the advice and
16 consent of the township board. Their terms of office shall be
17 prescribed by the township board. The township supervisor
18 shall designate one of the members as chairman, and the plan
19 commission may appoint other officers it deems necessary and
20 appropriate. The township board may authorize a plan
21 commission to have necessary staff and shall pay the expenses
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1 of that staff.
2 (b) Every township plan commission may have the
3 following powers and duties:
4 (1) The commission may prepare and recommend to the
5 township board a comprehensive plan for the present and
6 future development or redevelopment of the unincorporated
7 areas of the township. The plan may be adopted in whole
8 or in separate geographical or functional parts, each of
9 which, when adopted, shall be the official plan, or part
10 of the official plan, of that township. The plan may
11 include reasonable requirements with reference to
12 streets, alleys, public grounds, and other improvements
13 specified in this Section. The plan may recommend (i)
14 establishing reasonable standards of design for
15 subdivisions and for resubdivisions of unimproved land
16 and of areas subject to redevelopment with respect to
17 public improvements as defined in this Section and (ii)
18 establishing reasonable requirements governing the
19 location, width, course, and surfacing of public streets
20 and highways, alleys, ways for public service facilities,
21 curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street lights, parks,
22 playgrounds, school grounds, size of lots to be used for
23 residential purposes, storm water drainage, water supply
24 and distribution, sanitary sewers, and sewage collection
25 and treatment.
26 (2) The commission may from time to time recommend
27 changes in the official comprehensive plan.
28 (3) The commission may from time to time prepare
29 and recommend to the township authorities plans for
30 specific improvements in pursuance of the official
31 comprehensive plan.
32 (4) The commission may give aid to the officials
33 charged with the direction of projects for improvements
34 embraced within the official plan to further the making
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1 of these projects and, generally, may promote the
2 realization of the official comprehensive plan.
3 (5) The commission may prepare and recommend to the
4 township board schemes for regulating or forbidding
5 structures or activities in unincorporated areas that may
6 hinder access to solar energy necessary for the proper
7 functioning of solar energy systems, as defined in
8 Section 1.2 of the Comprehensive Solar Energy Act of
9 1977, or may recommend changes in those schemes.
10 (6) The commission may exercise other powers
11 germane to the powers granted by this Section that are
12 conferred by the township board.
13 (c) If the county in which the township is located has
14 adopted a county zoning ordinance under Division 5-12 of the
15 Counties Code, the recommendations of the township plan
16 commission may be presented by the township board to the
17 county board of that county.
18 (Source: P.A. 86-1480; 86-1489; 87-435; 88-62.)
19 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.".