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Cook County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

SECTION 15

DUTIES OF ZONING ADMINISTRATOR, BOARD OF APPEALS, COUNTY COMMISSION AND COURTS ON MATTERS OF APPEAL

15-1 - Zoning Administrator.

It is the intent of these regulations that the Zoning Administrator be chiefly responsible, with due assistance from the County Attorney, for all questions of interpretation of these regulations. The Zoning Administrator shall also be responsible for the enforcement of these regulations and shall:

a)

Serve as administrative secretary to the Planning Advisory Commission.

b)

Maintain public records concerning the administration of the Zoning Ordinance, including all maps, amendments, Certificates of Zoning Compliance, Special Uses, Variances, and records of public hearings.

c)

Collect data and keep informed as to the best zoning practices in order to be qualified to make recommendations to the Planning Advisory Commission, all of which must be approved by the County Commission.

d)

Undertake other relevant duties as may be delegated by the County Commission.

15-2 - Review.

The Board of County Commissioners shall review questions on interpretation from the decision of the Zoning Administrator, and recourse from all decisions of the Board shall be to the courts as provided by law.

15-3 - County Commission.

It is further the intent of these regulations that the duties of the County Commission shall be to adopt or reject proposed amendments to these regulations as detailed in Section 14. Matters of non-enforcement of this ordinance may be brought to the County Commission's attention by aggrieved parties. Corrections to problems of non-enforcement shall be handled by the Board of Commissioners. Recourse from all decisions of the County Commission shall be to the courts as provided by law.