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Sen. Terry Link
Filed: 5/12/2005
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09400HB0720sam003 |
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LRB094 08076 AJO 46377 a |
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 720
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 720 on page 1, line |
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| 5, after "7-1-1", by inserting the following:
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| "and by adding Section 7-1-5.3"; and
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| on page 4, below line 25, by inserting the following:
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| "(65 ILCS 5/7-1-5.3 new)
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| Sec. 7-1-5.3. Planned unit development; rail-trail. When a |
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| developer petitions a municipality to annex property for a |
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| planned unit development of residential, commercial, or |
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| industrial sub-divisions that is located adjacent to a former |
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| railroad right-of-way that has been converted to a recreational |
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| trail ("rail-trail") that is owned by the State, a unit of |
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| local government, or a non-profit organization, the |
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| municipality shall notify the State, unit of local government, |
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| or non-profit organization and furnish the proposed |
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| development plans to the State, unit of local government, or |
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| non-profit organization for review. The municipality shall |
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| require the developer petitioning for annexation to reasonably |
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| accommodate the rail-trail and modify its proposed development |
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| plans to ensure against adverse impacts to the users of the |
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| rail-trail or the natural and built resources within the |
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| right-of-way. If the municipality does not require the |
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| developer to make a modification prior to annexation, the |