(70 ILCS 1710/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 1152)
Sec. 2.
It is determined and declared by the General Assembly that the welfare,
health, prosperity, moral and general well-being of all the people of this
State are, in a large measure, dependent upon the sound and orderly
development of the southwestern Illinois metropolitan and regional counties
area. In order to provide for such development it is essential that sound,
comprehensive, general and functional plans for such area be devised to
guide and coordinate the development of adequate air and water resources, quality
and supply; public utility distribution system or systems; storm water and
sewage disposal; surface drainage control and flood abatement; integrated
air, water, rail and highway transportation; the orderly arrangements of
land for residential, commercial, industrial, public and other purposes;
local municipal and governmental services; the provision of social
services; stimulation of economic development; improvement of environmental
quality, urban
esthetics and civic design; and it may be equally essential that any such
plans be amended or changed from time to time in the light of future
developments and scientific progress. It is also essential that there
be a unit of local government available to provide the expertise, coordination
and performance of administrative, management and operational functions
and services for and with other units of government pursuant to voluntary,
intergovernmental agreements. Therefore, it is necessary to create
a unit of local government authorized to develop and adopt
such comprehensive and functional
plans, to amend such plans when future developments so require and to
cooperate with various units of government in comprehensive planning for
future growth and development.
(Source: P.A. 82-944.)
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