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MUNICIPALITIES (65 ILCS 5/) Illinois Municipal Code. 65 ILCS 5/11-13-5
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-5)
Sec. 11-13-5.
In municipalities of less than 500,000 population, the
regulations authorized by this Division 13 may provide that the board of
appeals or corporate authorities may determine and vary their application
in harmony with their general purpose and intent and in accordance with
general or specific rules therein contained in cases where there are
practical difficulties or particular hardship in the way of carrying out
the strict letter of any of those regulations relating to the use,
construction, or alteration of buildings or structures or the use of land.
If the authority to determine and approve variations is vested in the board
of appeals it shall be exercised in accordance with the conditions
prescribed in Section 11-13-4, subject to the power of the corporate
authorities to prohibit, in whole or in part, the granting of variations in
respect to the classification, regulation and restriction of the location
of trades and industries and the location of buildings designed for
specified industrial, business, residential and other uses. If the power to
determine and approve variations is reserved to the corporate authorities,
it shall be exercised only by the adoption of ordinances. However, no such
variation shall be made by the corporate authorities as specified without a
hearing before the board of appeals.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-13-6
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-6)
Sec. 11-13-6.
No variation shall be made by the board of appeals in
municipalities of 500,000 or more population or by ordinance in
municipalities of lesser population except in a specific case and after a
public hearing before the board of appeals of which there shall be a notice
of the time and place of the hearing published at least once, not more than
30 nor less than 15 days before the hearing, in one or more newspapers
published in the municipality, or, if no newspaper is published therein,
then in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within the
municipality
which is published in the county where the municipality is located.
This notice shall contain
the particular location for which the variation is requested as well as a
brief statement of what the proposed variation consists. Any notice required by this Section need not include a metes and bounds legal description of the location for which the variation is requested, provided that the notice includes: (i) the common street address or addresses and (ii) the property index number ("PIN") or numbers of all the parcels of real property contained in the area for which the variation is requested.
(Source: P.A. 97-336, eff. 8-12-11.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-13-7
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-7)
Sec. 11-13-7.
In addition to the notice requirements otherwise provided for
in this Division 13, in municipalities of 500,000 or more population, an
applicant for variation or special use shall, not more than 30 days before
filing an application for variation or special use with the board of
appeals, serve written notice, either in person or by registered mail,
return receipt requested, on the owners, as recorded in the office of the
recorder of deeds or the registrar of titles of the county in which the
property is located and as appears from the authentic tax records of such
county, of all property within 250 feet in each direction of the location
for which the variation or special use is requested; provided, the number
of feet occupied by all public roads, streets, alleys and other public ways
shall be excluded in computing the 250 feet requirement. The notice herein
required shall contain the address of the location for which the variation
or special use is requested, a brief statement of the nature of the
requested variation or special use, the name and address of the legal and
beneficial owner of the property for which the variation or special use is
requested, a statement that the applicant intends to file an application
for variation or special use and the approximate date on which the
application will be filed. If, after a bona fide effort to determine such
address by the applicant for variation or special use, the owner of the
property on which the notice is served cannot be found at his or her last known
address, or the mailed notice is returned because the owner cannot be found
at the last known address, the notice requirements of this sub-section
shall be deemed satisfied. In addition to serving the notice herein
required, at the time of filing application for variation or special use,
the applicant shall furnish to the board of appeals a complete list
containing the names and last known addresses of the owners of the property
required to be served, the method of service and the names and last known
addresses of the owners of the service and the names and addresses of the
persons so served. The applicant shall also furnish a written statement
certifying that he or she has complied with the requirements of this subsection.
The board of appeals shall hear no application for variation or special use
unless the applicant for variation or special use furnishes the list and
certificate herein required. The board of appeals shall, not more than 30
days nor less than 15 days before the hearing at which the application for
variation or special use is to be considered, send written notice to the
persons appearing on the list furnished by the applicant, which notice
shall contain the time and place of the hearing, the address of the
location for which the variation or special use is requested and the name
and address of the applicant for variation or special use and a brief
statement of the nature of the variation or special use requested. Any notice required herein need not include a metes and bounds legal description of the property for which the variation or special use is requested, provided that the notice includes: (i) the common street address or addresses and (ii) the property index number ("PIN") or numbers of all the parcels of real property contained in the area for which the variation or special use is requested.
Any property owner within the above stated 250 feet notice
requirement, who
entered his or her appearance and objected at the board of appeals hearing, and
who shows that his or her property will be substantially affected by the outcome
of the decision of the board may, without proof of any specific, special,
or unique damages to himself or herself or his or her property or
any adverse effect upon his
property from the proposed variation or special use, seek judicial relief
from any order or
decision of the board of appeals under the Administrative
Review Law, and all amendments and modifications
thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto.
If the board of appeals
determines that the property of any such owner will not be substantially
affected by the outcome of the decision of the board, such owner may
initiate or join in judicial review under the Administrative
Review Law, as provided
in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 97-336, eff. 8-12-11.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-13-7a
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-7a) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-7a)
Sec. 11-13-7a.
Zoning variation and special use applicants and property owners, as set
forth in Section 11-13-7 of this Act, shall have the following rights, in
addition to any others they may possess in law, at any hearing before a
board of appeals:
(a) to have subpoenas issued for persons to appear at board of appeals'
hearings and for examination of documents by the person requesting the
subpoena either before or at board of appeals hearings subject to the
limitations in this Section. The board of appeals shall issue subpoenas as
requested by zoning variation and special use applicants and by property
owners within the terms of Section 11-13-7. Subpoenas shall only be
enforceable against persons or for documents which have a substantial
evidentiary connection with (i) the property for which a zoning variation
or special use is requested, (ii) facts which would support or negate the
requisite legal standards for granting a zoning variation or special use,
and (iii) facts which support or negate the conclusion that property within
the 250 feet notice requirement of Section 11-13-7 will be substantially
affected by the outcome of the decision of the board. All matters relating
to subpoenas concerning a particular zoning variation or special use case,
including all enforcement and motions to quash, shall be heard in a single
action, however, the court obtaining jurisdiction over any such matter may
retain jurisdiction until the disposition of the case by the board of
appeals. Service of such subpoenas shall be made in the same manner as
summons in a civil action.
(b) To cross examine all witnesses testifying.
(c) To present witnesses on their behalf.
Property owners within the terms of Section 11-13-7 who object to the
zoning application or special use application may, upon request, be granted
1 continuance for the purpose of presenting evidence to rebut testimony
given by the applicant. The date of such continued hearing shall be in the
discretion of the board of appeals.
This amendatory act of 1973 is not a limit upon any municipality which
is a home rule unit.
(Source: P.A. 79-1363.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-13-8
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-8)
Sec. 11-13-8.
In municipalities of 500,000 or more population, when any
zoning ordinance, rule or regulation is sought to be declared invalid by
means of a declaratory judgment proceeding, not more than 30 days before
filing suit for a declaratory judgment the person filing such suit shall
serve written notice in the form and manner and to all property owners as
is required of applicants for variation in Section 11-13-7, and shall
furnish to the clerk of the court in which the declaratory judgment suit is
filed, and at the time of filing such suit, the list of property owners,
the written certificate and such other information as is required in
Section 11-13-7 to be furnished to the board of appeals by an applicant for
variation. A property owner entitled to notice who shows that his property
will be substantially affected by the outcome of the declaratory judgment
proceeding may enter his appearance in the proceeding, and if he does so he
shall have the rights of a party. The property owner shall not, however,
need to prove any specific, special, or unique damages to himself or his
property or any adverse effect upon his property from the declaratory
judgment proceeding.
(Source: P.A. 76-583.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-13-9
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-9)
Sec. 11-13-9.
The provisions of an amendatory Act of 1955, which was
approved June 30, 1955 and which was Senate Bill No. 328 of the Sixty-Ninth
General Assembly and which amended certain provisions now contained in
Section 11-13-4 through 11-13-8, shall not affect the validity of any
variations approved by the corporate authorities or by the board of appeals
and in force prior to July 1, 1955.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-13-10
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-10)
Sec. 11-13-10.
In municipalities of less than 500,000 population, where a
variation is to be made by ordinance, upon the report of the board of
appeals, the corporate authorities, by ordinance, without further public
hearing, may adopt any proposed variation or may refer it back to the board
for further consideration, and any proposed variation which fails to
receive the approval of the board of appeals shall not be passed except by
the favorable vote of two-thirds of all alderpersons or trustees of the
municipality.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-13-11
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-11)
Sec. 11-13-11.
Every variation or special use, whether made by the board of
appeals directly, or by an ordinance after a hearing before the board of
appeals, shall be accompanied by findings of facts and shall refer to any
exhibits containing plans and specifications for the proposed use or
variation, which shall remain a part of the permanent records of the board
of appeals. The findings of facts shall specify the reason or reasons for
making the variation.
The terms of the relief granted shall be specifically set forth in a
conclusion or statement separate from the findings of fact of the board of
appeals or ordinance. Property for which relief has been granted shall not
be used in violation of the specific terms of the board of appeals'
findings of fact or ordinance, as the case may be, unless its usage is
changed by further findings of fact of a board of appeals or additional
ordinances.
(Source: P.A. 76-584.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-13-12
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-12)
Sec. 11-13-12.
An appeal to the board of appeals may be taken by any person
aggrieved or by any officer, department, board, or bureau of the
municipality. The appeal shall be taken within 45 days of the action
complained of by filing, with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and
with the board of appeals a notice of appeal, specifying the grounds
thereof. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit
to the board all the papers constituting the record upon which the action
appealed from was taken.
An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed
from, unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken certifies to the
board of appeals, after the notice of appeal has been filed with him, that
by reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in his opinion,
cause imminent peril to life or property. In this event the proceedings
shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be
granted by the board of appeals or by a circuit court on application and on
notice to the officer from whom the appeal is taken, and on due cause
shown.
The board of appeals shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the
appeal and give due notice thereof to the parties and decide the appeal
within a reasonable time. Upon the hearing, any party may appear in person
or by agent or by attorney. The board of appeals may reverse or affirm,
wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or
determination as in its opinion ought to be made in the premises and to
that end has all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.
(Source: P.A. 76-1507.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-13-13
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-13) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-13)
Sec. 11-13-13.
All final administrative decisions of the board of appeals
under this Division 13 shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the
provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and
all amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant
thereto. The term "administrative decision" is defined as in Section 3-101
of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-13-14
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-14) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-14)
Sec. 11-13-14.
The regulations imposed and the districts created under
the authority of this Division 13 may be amended from time to time by
ordinance after the ordinance establishing them has gone into effect, but
no such amendments shall be made without a hearing before some commission
or committee designated by the corporate authorities. Notice shall be given
of the time and place of the hearing, not more than 30 nor less than 15
days before the hearing, by publishing a notice thereof at least once in
one or more newspapers published in the municipality, or, if no newspaper
is published therein, then in one or more newspapers with a general
circulation within the municipality. In municipalities with less than 500
population in which no newspaper is published, publication may be made
instead by posting a notice in 3 prominent places within the municipality. In
case of a written protest against any proposed amendment of the regulations
or districts, signed and acknowledged by the owners of 20% of the frontage
proposed to be altered, or by the owners of 20% of the frontage immediately
adjoining or across an alley therefrom, or by the owners of the 20% of the
frontage directly opposite the frontage proposed to be altered, is filed
with the clerk of the municipality, the amendment shall not be passed
except by a favorable vote of two-thirds of the alderpersons or trustees of the
municipality then holding office. In such cases, a copy of the written
protest shall be served by the protestor or protestors on the applicant for
the proposed amendments and a copy upon the applicant's attorney, if any,
by certified mail at the address of such applicant and attorney shown in
the application for the proposed amendment. Any notice required by this Section need not include a metes and bounds legal description, provided that the notice includes: (i) the common street address or addresses and (ii) the property index number ("PIN") or numbers of all the parcels of real property contained in the affected area.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-13-14.1
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-14.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-14.1)
Sec. 11-13-14.1.
Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in
this Division 13:
(A) The corporate authorities of any municipality may by ordinance establish
the position of hearing officer and delegate to a hearing officer the authority
to: (i) conduct any public hearing -- other than a public hearing provided
for in Section 11-13-2 -- required to be held under this Division 13 in
connection with applications for any special use, variation, amendment or
other change or modification in any ordinance of the municipality adopted
pursuant to this Division 13; and (ii) hear and decide appeals from and
review any order, requirement, decision or determination made by an
administrative official charged with the enforcement of any ordinance
adopted pursuant to this Division 13.
(B) When a hearing officer is designated to conduct a public hearing in
a matter otherwise required to be heard in accordance with this Division
13 by some commission or committee designated by the corporate authorities
of the municipality: (i) notice of such hearing shall be given in the same
time and manner as is provided by this Division 13 for the giving of notice
of hearing when any such matter is to be heard by some commission or committee
designated by the corporate authorities; (ii) the hearing officer shall
exercise and perform the same powers and duties as such commission or committee
is required to exercise and perform when conducting a public hearing in
any such matter; and (iii) the hearing officer shall render a written
recommendation to the corporate authorities within such time and in such
manner and form as the corporate authorities shall require.
(C) When a hearing officer is designated to conduct a public hearing in
a matter otherwise required to be heard in accordance with this Division
13 by the board of appeals, or when a hearing officer is designated to hear
and decide appeals from and review any order, requirement, decision or
determination made by an administrative official charged with the
enforcement of any ordinance adopted pursuant to this Division 13: (i)
notice of hearing shall be given
in the same time and manner as is provided by this Division 13 for the giving
of notice of hearing when any such matter is to be heard by the board of
appeals; (ii) the hearing officer in passing upon and determining any matter
otherwise within the jurisdiction of the board of appeals shall be governed
by all of the standards, rules and conditions imposed by this Division 13
to govern the board of appeals when it passes upon and determines any such
matter; and (iii) the hearing officer shall exercise and perform all of
the powers and duties of the board of appeals in the same manner and to
the same effect as provided in this Division 13 with respect to the board
of appeals, provided that:
1. When the hearing officer is passing upon an application for variation
or special use and the power to determine and approve such variation or
special use is reserved to the corporate authorities, then upon report of
the hearing officer the corporate authorities may by ordinance without further
public hearing adopt any proposed variation or special use or may refer
it back to the hearing officer for further consideration, and any proposed
variation or special use which fails to receive the approval of the hearing
officer shall not be passed except by the favorable vote of 2/3 of all alderperson
or trustees of the municipality;
2. When the hearing officer is passing upon an application for variation
or special use and the power to determine and approve such variation or
special use is not reserved to the corporate authorities, or when the hearing
officer is hearing and deciding appeals from or reviewing any order,
requirement, decision or determination made by an administrative official
charged with the enforcement of any ordinance adopted pursuant to this
Division 13, the determination made by the hearing officer with respect to
any such matter shall constitute a final administrative decision which is
subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the
"Administrative Review Law", as now or hereafter amended.
(D) The corporate authorities of the municipality may provide general
or specific rules implementing but not inconsistent with the provisions
of this Section, including rules relative to the time and manner in which
hearing officers are designated to conduct public hearings and rules governing
the manner in which such hearings are conducted and matters heard therein
passed upon and determined.
(E) Hearing officers shall be appointed on the basis of training and
experience which qualifies them to conduct hearings, make recommendations
or findings of fact and conclusions on the matters heard and otherwise
exercise and perform the powers, duties and functions delegated in
accordance with this Section. Hearing officers shall receive such
compensation as the corporate authorities of the municipality shall
provide, and any municipality may establish a schedule of fees to defray
the costs of providing a hearing officer.
(F) This Section is intended to furnish an alternative or supplemental
procedure which a municipality in its discretion may provide for hearing,
determining, reviewing and deciding matters which arise under any ordinance
adopted by the municipality pursuant to this Division 13, but nothing in
this Section shall be deemed to limit or prevent the use of any existing
procedure available to a municipality under this Division 13 for hearing,
approving or denying applications for a special use, variation, amendment
or other change or modification of any such ordinance, or for hearing and
deciding appeals from and reviewing any order, requirement, decision or
determination made by an administrative official charged with the enforcement
of any such ordinance.
(Source: P.A. 102-15, eff. 6-17-21.)
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65 ILCS 5/11-13-15
(65 ILCS 5/11-13-15) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-15)
Sec. 11-13-15.
In case any building or structure, including fixtures,
is constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or
maintained, or any building or structure, including fixtures, or land,
is used in violation of an ordinance or ordinances adopted under
Division 13, 31 or 31.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, or of any
ordinance or other regulation made under the authority conferred
thereby, the proper local authorities of the municipality, or any owner
or tenant of real property, within 1200 feet in any direction of the
property on which the building or structure in question is located who shows
that his property or person will be substantially affected by the alleged
violation, in addition to other remedies, may institute any
appropriate action or proceeding (1) to prevent the unlawful
construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion,
maintenance, or use, (2) to prevent the occupancy of the building,
structure, or land, (3) to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business,
or use in or about the premises, or (4) to restrain, correct, or abate
the violation. When any such action is instituted by an owner or tenant,
notice of such action shall be served upon the municipality at the time
suit is begun, by serving a copy of the complaint on the chief executive
officer of the municipality, no such action may be maintained until such
notice has been given.
In any action or proceeding for a purpose mentioned in this section,
the court with jurisdiction of such action or proceeding has the power
and in its discretion may issue a restraining order, or a preliminary
injunction, as well as a permanent injunction, upon such terms and under
such conditions as will do justice and enforce the purposes set forth
above.
If an owner or tenant files suit hereunder and the court finds that
the defendant has engaged in any of the foregoing prohibited activities,
then the court shall allow the plaintiff a reasonable sum of money for
the services of the plaintiff's attorney. This allowance shall be a part
of the costs of the litigation assessed against the defendant, and may
be recovered as such.
An owner or tenant need not prove any specific, special or unique
damages to himself or his property or any adverse effect upon his
property from the alleged violation in order to maintain a suit under
the foregoing provisions. Except in relation to municipality-owned property, this Section does not authorize any suit against a municipality or its officials for any act relating to the administration, enforcement, or implementation of this Division or any ordinance, resolution, or other regulation adopted pursuant to this Division.
(Source: P.A. 100-595, eff. 6-29-18.)
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