(620 ILCS 25/11) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 48.11)
Sec. 11.
It is hereby found that an airport hazard endangers the lives and
property of users of the airport and of occupants of land in its vicinity,
and also, if of the obstruction type, in effect reduces the size of the
area available for the landing, taking-off and maneuvering of aircraft,
thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of the airport and the public
investment therein. Accordingly, it is hereby declared: (a) that the
creation or establishment of an airport hazard is a public nuisance and an
injury to the community served by the airport in question; (b) that it is
therefore necessary in the interest of the public health, public safety,
and general welfare that the creation or establishment of airport hazards
be prevented; and (c) that this should be accomplished, to the extent
legally possible, by exercise of the police power, without compensation. It
is further declared that both the prevention of the creation or
establishment of airport hazards and the elimination, removal, alteration,
mitigation, or marking and lighting of existing airport hazards are public
purposes for which the State and its political subdivisions may raise and
expend public funds and acquire land or property interests therein.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 317.)
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