(70 ILCS 1205/3-9) (from Ch. 105, par. 3-9)
Sec. 3-9.
Whenever any territory, containing 80 acres or less, not
incorporated within a park district is wholly bounded by one or
more park districts, or is wholly bounded by one or more park districts
and a river, lake, railroad or arterial street, such territory may be annexed
by any
park district by which it is bounded in whole or in part, by the passage
of an ordinance to that effect after notice is given as provided in this
Section The corporate authorities shall cause notice, stating that
annexation of the territory described in the notice is contemplated under
this Section, to be published 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 not more than 45 nor less than 30 days before the
passage of the annexation ordinance. The ordinance shall describe the
territory annexed and a certified copy thereof together with an accurate
map of the annexed territory shall be filed in the offices of the County
Clerk and Recorder of each county in which said annexation takes place.
As used in this Section, "arterial street" means any U.S. or State numbered
route, controlled access highway, or other major radial or circumferential
street or highway designated by local authorities within their respective
jurisdictions as part of a major arterial system of streets or highways.
(Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)
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