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91_HB3921
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1 AN ACT 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 townships with a population of more than 500
9 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)
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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
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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.