(55 ILCS 5/5-14001) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-14001)
Sec. 5-14001.
Regional plan.
Whenever in the judgment of the county
board of any county, a portion or all of said county as a region, should
have a plan made for the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a
co-ordinated, adjusted and harmonious development of said region, and of
public improvements and utilities therein, and which plans will in the
judgment of the county board, in accordance with the present and future
needs of the region and of the State, best promote health, safety, morals,
order, convenience, prosperity, efficiency and economy in the process of
development and the general welfare of said region, the county board is
hereby empowered by resolution of record to define the boundaries of such
region and to create a regional planning commission for the making of a
regional plan for such region so defined. The number of members of such
commission, their method of appointment, and their power and authority in
the making of such plan, shall be such as the county board may deem proper
and not in conflict with law. Said Commission shall be a fact finding body
and shall make such investigations and gather such statistics as it shall
deem necessary for the planning and development of said region, and shall
make a plan of said region to include all matter which it may deem
necessary for the development of the region as provided above.
(Source: P.A. 86-962.)
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