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92_HB4791 LRB9211984BDsb 1 AN ACT concerning municipalities. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by 5 changing Section 11-13-1.1 as follows: 6 (65 ILCS 5/11-13-1.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-13-1.1) 7 Sec. 11-13-1.1. Special uses. The corporate authorities 8 of any municipality may in its ordinances passed under the 9 authority of this Division 13 provide for the classification 10 of special uses. Such uses may include but are not limited to 11 public and quasi-public uses affected with the public 12 interest, uses which may have a unique, special or unusual 13 impact upon the use or enjoyment of neighboring property, and 14 planned developments. A use may be a permitted use in one or 15 more zoning districts, and a special use in one or more other 16 zoning districts. A special use shall be permitted only after 17 a public hearing before some commission or committee 18 designated by the corporate authorities, with prior notice 19 thereof given in the manner as provided in Section 11-13-6 20 and 11-13-7. A special use shall be permitted only upon 21 evidence that such use meets standards established for such 22 classification in the ordinances, and the granting of 23 permission therefor may be subject to conditions reasonably 24 necessary to meet such standards. In addition, any proposed 25 special use which fails to receive the approval of the 26 commission or committee designated by the corporate 27 authorities to hold the public hearing shall not be approved 28 by the corporate authorities except by a favorable majority 29 vote of all aldermen, commissioners or trustees of the 30 municipality then holding office; however, the corporate 31 authorities may by ordinance increase the vote requirement to -2- LRB9211984BDsb 1 two-thirds of all aldermen, commissioners or trustees of the 2 municipality then holding office. 3 (Source: P.A. 86-330.)