(505 ILCS 5/14) (from Ch. 5, par. 1014)
Sec. 14.
Procedures for Public Hearings on Petitions for Withdrawal.
The
Agricultural Areas Committee of the county board shall hold a public hearing
within 60 days of the receipt
of a petition for withdrawal of land from an agricultural area. The hearing
shall be held at a location readily accessible to the public and proximate
to the affected land. Not less than 7 days prior to the date of the public
hearing, the county board shall provide notice of such public hearing by
publishing a notice in a newspaper having general circulation in the immediate
area of the affected land, or, if no newspaper has a general circulation
in the immediate area of the affected land, then in a newspaper
having general circulation within the county. Such notice shall be given
in writing to the owner or owners of land in or immediately adjacent to
the agricultural area. Such notice shall contain the following information:
1. a statement of the date, time and place of the public hearing;
2. a description of the location of the affected land and the proposed
non-agricultural use;
3. a statement that the public hearing will concern the petition and the
recommendations of the county committee and of the regional and county planning
commissions, if any.
(Source: P.A. 81-1173.)
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