Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
Filed: 05/11/04
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2175 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2175 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended  by 
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adding Section 7-3-6.2 as follows:
 
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    (65 ILCS 5/7-3-6.2  new)
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    Sec. 7-3-6.2. Split lots. Notwithstanding any other 
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provision of this Code, the owner or owners of record of a 
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split residential lot may disconnect a portion of the lot which 
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(i) is a residentially zoned and platted lot currently lying 
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partially within the corporate limits of and governed by 2 or 
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more municipalities or lying within the unincorporated area of 
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a county and also within the corporate limits of one or more 
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municipalities, and contains less than 20 acres; (ii) is 
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located on the border of the municipality; and (iii) if 
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disconnected, will not result in the isolation of any part of 
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the municipality from the remainder of the municipality. The 
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owner or owners seeking to disconnect a portion of a split lot 
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from a municipality must petition the court in the manner 
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provided in Section 7-3-6 of this Code. In determining whether 
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a lot shall be disconnected under this Section, the court may 
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consider the following: (i) if disconnected, the growth 
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prospects and planning and zoning ordinances, if any, of the 
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municipality will not be unreasonably disrupted; (ii) if 
 


 






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disconnected, no substantial disruption will result to 
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existing municipal service facilities, such as, but not limited 
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to, sewer systems, street lighting, water mains, garbage 
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collection, and fire protection; and (iii) if disconnected, the 
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municipality will not be unduly harmed through loss of tax 
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revenue in the future.
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    An area of land, or any part thereof, disconnected under 
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the provisions of this Section from a municipality which was 
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incorporated at least 2 years prior to the date of the filing 
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of the petition for disconnection shall not be subdivided into 
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lots or blocks within one year from the date of disconnection.  
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A plat of any such proposed subdivision shall not be accepted 
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for recording within such one-year period, unless the land 
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comprising such proposed subdivision shall have been 
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thereafter annexed into a municipality.".