(315 ILCS 20/24) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 274)
Sec. 24.
Limitation of development area.
Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporations subject to the supervision of
the Redevelopment Commission of cities, villages or incorporated towns
having a population of five hundred thousand or more shall not possess
at any time a Development Area less than two city blocks nor more than
160 acres, and Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporations subject to the
supervision of the Redevelopment Commission of cities, villages or
incorporated towns having a population of less than 500,000 shall not
possess a Development Area less than one city block nor more than 40
acres, unless the Redevelopment Commission, in the interests of the
orderly Redevelopment of a Slum and Blight or Conservation Area, shall,
after a hearing upon its own motion or upon application of the
Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporation, authorize a reduction or
increase of the Development Area. It shall be in the interest of the
orderly Redevelopment of a Slum and Blight or Conservation Area to
increase or diminish the Development Area herein limited whenever the
Development Areas of two or more Neighborhood Redevelopment Corporations
operating or to operate in the same locality shall not encompass an
intervening area of less than two city blocks, and the Redevelopment
Commission in such instances shall by rule, pursuant to paragraph 2 of
Section 25 of this Act, prescribe the conditions under which contiguity,
and the extent thereof, shall be mandatory of the two or more
Development Areas. The words "city block" as used in this Act shall mean
a parcel or parcels of land bounded by and without intermediation of,
streets, public waterways, railroad rights of way or other similar
public spaces (not including alleys), or any combination of them.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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