97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1056

 

Introduced 02/03/11, by Rep. Darlene J. Senger

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
65 ILCS 5/11-13-25

    Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Establishes procedural rules that apply when a municipality makes a decision in regard to any petition or application for special use, variance, rezoning, or other amendment to a zoning ordinance that is subject to judicial review because of an action brought by an interest party. Defines interested party to mean the petitioner, the municipality, any unit of government having jurisdiction over the territory that is the subject of the petition, or any person or entity required to be given notice of the public hearing by mail. Sets forth the due process procedures concerning notice, subpoenas, the right to present evidence at a hearing, and meetings for purposes of case management. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5changing Section 11-13-25 as follows:
 
6    (65 ILCS 5/11-13-25)
7    Sec. 11-13-25. Actions subject to de novo review; due
8process.
9    (a) Any decision by the corporate authorities of any
10municipality, home rule or non-home rule, in regard to any
11petition or application for a special use, variance, rezoning,
12or other amendment to a zoning ordinance shall be subject to de
13novo judicial review as a legislative decision, regardless of
14whether the process in relation thereto is considered
15administrative for other purposes.
16    (b) Any action seeking the judicial review of such a
17decision shall be brought by an interested party commenced not
18later than 90 days after the date of the decision, and after
19giving 5 days' written notice to the corporate authorities, by
20filing a complaint for review of the zoning decision in the
21circuit court. The case shall be set for early hearing as in
22the case of a motion.
23    (c) (b) The principles of substantive and procedural due

 

 

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1process apply at all stages of the decision-making and review
2of all zoning decisions. In accordance with those principles,
3and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11-13-7a of this
4Article:
5        (1) notice shall be given as required by the statute
6    governing the zoning relief requested, or as may otherwise
7    be legally required;
8        (2) the Chairman of the Board, commission, or other
9    hearing body, or the hearing officer, shall consider any
10    request for subpoenas, and may issue subpoenas that are
11    reasonably expected to lead to relevant documents or
12    testimony; subpoenas shall be enforceable only against
13    persons or for documents which have a substantial
14    evidentiary connection with (i) the property that is the
15    subject of the zoning petition, (ii) facts that support or
16    negate the requisite legal standards for granting the
17    zoning relief sought in the petition, and (iii) facts that
18    support or negate the conclusion that property owned or
19    resided upon by interested parties will be substantially
20    affected by the outcome of the decision on the petition;
21    all matters relating to subpoenas concerning particular
22    zoning relief, including all enforcement and motions to
23    quash, shall be heard in a single action to be filed not
24    later than 14 days after the date of a decision on the
25    issuance of subpoenas, however, the court obtaining
26    jurisdiction over any such matter may retain jurisdiction

 

 

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1    until the disposition of the case by the municipality;
2    service of those subpoenas shall be made in the same manner
3    as summons in a civil action;
4        (3) at the hearing on the petition, all interested
5    parties shall have the right to present evidence and
6    witnesses on their behalf, subject to reasonable
7    limitations as to time, relevance to the legal standards in
8    issue applicable to the zoning relief sought in the
9    petition, redundancy, and the efficiencies of an orderly
10    proceeding;
11        (4) at the hearing on the petition, interested parties
12    shall have the right to question the petitioner and other
13    interested parties, subject to reasonable limitations as
14    to time, relevance to the legal standards in issue
15    applicable to the zoning relief sought in the petition,
16    redundancy, and the efficiencies of an orderly proceeding;
17    and
18        (5) the Chairman of the Board, commission, or other
19    hearing body, or the hearing officer, may, before or during
20    the hearing, convene a meeting of the interested parties
21    for purposes of case management and establishing a
22    pre-hearing or hearing plan to govern the presentation of
23    testimony and other evidence, questioning, relevance, time
24    limitations, and other reasonable considerations that
25    promote an efficient and orderly hearing; any and all
26    objections relating to a hearing plan or other rules

 

 

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1    established for hearings, pursuant to this paragraph,
2    shall be waived unless made at the meeting, and shall be
3    subject to judicial review in a single action that must be
4    filed no later than 7 days after the date such hearing plan
5    or rules are established, however, the court obtaining
6    jurisdiction over any such matter may retain jurisdiction
7    until the disposition of the case by the municipality.
8    (d) For purposes of this Section, an "interested party"
9means the petitioner, the municipality, any unit of government
10having jurisdiction over the territory that is the subject of
11the petition, or any person or entity required to be given
12notice of the public hearing by mail.
13(Source: P.A. 94-1027, eff. 7-14-06; 95-843, eff. 1-1-09.)
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.