(70 ILCS 1205/3-2) (from Ch. 105, par. 3-2)
Sec. 3-2.
Territory adjoining any Park District, or separated
therefrom only by a river, stream, drainage canal or ditch or other body
of water, street, alley, roadway, highway, toll road, or railroad, may
be annexed to and become a part of such district in the manner
following: The board of any park district may initiate the proceedings
by enacting an ordinance expressing its desire to annex such territory
or any 100 or more legal voters residing within the territory proposed
to be annexed, may petition to initiate such annexation proceedings.
Such ordinance or petition shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit
Court of the County wherein such Park District or greater or greatest
portion thereof lies, which ordinance or petition shall set forth the
name of the Park District to which annexation is proposed, define the
limits of the territory proposed to be annexed, and request the Judge of
the Circuit Court to order the question initiated by the petition or
ordinance to be submitted to the legal voters of such Park District and
of the territory proposed to be annexed; provided, however, if the legal
voters residing within the territory proposed to be annexed are fewer
than 200 in number, a majority of such legal voters, may petition in
like manner as above; provided, further, that if there are no legal
voters residing within the territory proposed to be annexed a majority
of the adult owners of record of lands within the territory proposed to
be annexed, and who represent a major portion in area of land within
such territory, may petition in the manner above provided; provided
further, that no tract of land exceeding 20 acres in area shall be
included in such petition or ordinance without the written consent of
the owners of record unless the same (1) is subdivided into lots or
blocks, (2) is bounded on 3 sides by lands subdivided into lots or
blocks, or (3) is used for commercial or industrial purposes.
The petitioners or corporate authorities, as the case may be, shall give
notice of the annexation petition or ordinance, as the case may be, not
more than 45 or less than 30 days prior to the passage of such ordinance or
the filing of the petition with the Clerk of the Circuit Court. This
notice shall state that a petition or ordinance for annexation, as the case
may be, will be filed and give the substance of the petition or ordinance,
including a description of the territory to be annexed, the date of filing
and the name of the annexing park district. This notice shall be given by
publishing a notice once in a newspaper published in the annexing park
district, or, if no newspaper is published in the annexing park district,
then in a newspaper with a general circulation within the annexing park
district. A copy of this notice shall be filed with the clerk of the
annexing park district. Upon the filing of such petition the court shall
determine its validity and if it is in conformity with law shall order said
proposition submitted to referendum as provided in Section 3-3 hereof.
(Source: P.A. 85-1440.)
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