(605 ILCS 5/9-118) (from Ch. 121, par. 9-118)
Sec. 9-118.
Any association, society, person or persons may, upon obtaining
a permit from the highway authorities having jurisdiction over the
particular highway, and the consent in writing of the owners of adjacent
property, plant or set out trees, shrubs, plants or flowers in or upon the
right-of-way of any highway within this State, provided that no such tree,
shrub, or flower shall be permitted to obstruct the vision of persons
traveling upon or across such highways.
Consent in writing of the owners of the adjacent property shall not be
mandatory, as the highway authority shall determine, for plantings in a median
or in those portions of a highway
where direct access from the adjacent property is not provided. The highway
authority having jurisdiction may
place suitable signs giving notice of the association, society, person, or
persons doing the planting.
(Source: P.A. 91-775, eff. 6-9-00.)
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