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Sen. Frank C. Watson
Filed: 5/23/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 876
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 876 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following: |
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| "Section 5. The Highway Advertising Control Act of 1971 is |
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| amended by changing Sections 3.12 and 6.01 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 440/3.12) (from Ch. 121, par. 503.12)
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| Sec. 3.12. (a) "Business area" means any part of an area |
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| adjacent to and
within 660 feet of the right-of-way which is at |
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| any time zoned for business,
commercial or industrial |
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| activities under the authority of any law of this
State; or not |
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| so zoned, but which constitutes an unzoned commercial or
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| industrial area as defined in Section 3.11. However, as to |
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| signs along
Interstate highways, the term "business area" |
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| includes only areas which
are within incorporated limits of any |
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| city, village, or incorporated town,
as such limits existed on |
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| September 21, 1959, and which are zoned for
industrial or |
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| commercial use, or both, or to portions of Interstate highways
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| which traverse other areas where the land use, as of September |
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| 21, l959,
was established by State law as industrial or |
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| commercial, or both. |
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| With respect to signs owned or leased by the State or a |
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| political subdivision, an area zoned for business, commercial, |
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| or industrial activities that is adjacent to and within 660 |
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| feet of an Interstate highway and that is in Township 41 North, |
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| Range 10 East and Townships 40, 41, 42 North, Range 12 East of |
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| the Third Principal Meridian, shall be deemed a "business area" |
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| for purposes of this Act. This zoning must have been a part of |
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| comprehensive zoning and not have been created primarily to |
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| permit outdoor advertising structures as described in 23 CFR |
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| 750. |
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| (b) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act |
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| of the 95th General Assembly are intended to comply with the |
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| federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965, 23 U.S.C. 131, and |
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| the regulations promulgated thereunder by the Secretary of the |
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| United States Department of Transportation. To the extent that |
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| the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation |
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| or any court finds the changes to this Section made by this |
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| amendatory Act to be inconsistent with or preempted by such law |
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| or regulations, the changes shall be repealed to the extent |
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| necessary to cure such inconsistency or preemption. |
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| (c) The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th |
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| General Assembly shall not be applicable if such application |
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| would impact the receipt, use, or reimbursement of federal |
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| funds by the Illinois Department of Transportation. |
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| (d) With respect to signs in an area zoned for business, |
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| commercial, or industrial activities that is adjacent to and |
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| within 660 feet of an Interstate highway and that is in part of |
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| the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 33 and part |
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| of the Southwest Quarter of Section 34, all in Township 5 |
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| North, Range 4 West of the Third Principal Meridian, Bond |
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| County, Illinois, shall be deemed a "business area" for |
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| purposes of this Act. This zoning must be part of comprehensive |
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| zoning and not have been created primarily to permit outdoor |
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| advertising structures as described in 23 CFR 750.
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| (Source: P.A. 79-1009.)
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| (225 ILCS 440/6.01) (from Ch. 121, par. 506.01)
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| Sec. 6.01. Size of signs.
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| (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no
No
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| sign may be erected which exceeds 1,200 square feet in
area, 30 |
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| feet in height and 60 feet in length, including border and |
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| trim, but
excluding ornamental base or apron, supports and |
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| other structural members.
Except as otherwise provided in this |
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| Section and except with respect to the repair, rebuilding, or |
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| replacement of any sign
lawfully erected before January 1, |
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| 1993, no sign may be erected after the
effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of 1992 in any county with a population
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| 2,000,000 that exceeds 800 square feet in area, excluding |
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| extensions and
cut-outs; the extensions and cut-outs may |
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| account for no more than an
additional 20% in sign surface |
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| area. The maximum size limitation shall apply to
each side of a |
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| sign or sign structure. A maximum of 2 signs may be erected in |
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| a
facing, in which event the facing shall be deemed to be one |
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| sign, the size of
which may not exceed the dimensions listed in |
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| this Section. Signs may be double
faced or be placed back to |
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| back or V-type
or triangular, provided that the angle between
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| sign
faces shall not exceed 90 degrees.
The area shall be |
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| measured by the
smallest square, rectangle, triangle, circle or |
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| combination thereof which will
encompass the entire sign. |
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| (b) With respect to signs owned or leased by the State or a |
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| political subdivision that are adjacent to and within 660 feet |
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| of an Interstate highway and that are in Township 40 North, |
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| Range 12 East, no sign may be erected that exceeds 42 feet in |
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| height, 90 feet in length, and 3780 square feet in display |
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| area. |
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| (c) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act |
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| of the 95th General Assembly are intended to comply with the |
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| federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965, 23 U.S.C. 131, and |
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| the regulations promulgated thereunder by the Secretary of the |
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| United States Department of Transportation. To the extent that |
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| the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation |
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| or any court finds the changes to this Section made by this |
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| amendatory Act to be inconsistent with or preempted by such law |
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| or regulations, the changes shall be repealed to the extent |
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| necessary to cure such inconsistency or preemption. |
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| (d) The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th |
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| General Assembly shall not be applicable if such application |
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| would impact the receipt, use, or reimbursement of federal |
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| funds by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-774, eff. 1-1-01.)".
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