The Combined Planning and Zoning Board is established in accordance with Illinois law for the Village to carry out the duties of a Plan Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals. Any ordinance, code or regulation of the Village or state statutes that reference the Plan Commission and/or Zoning Board of Appeals shall mean the Combined Planning and Zoning Board.

(Ord. No. 1712, § 2, 2-16-21)

State Law reference— (See 65 ILCS 5/11-13-1.)

The Combined Planning and Zoning Board shall consist of seven members, all of whom shall reside within the Village. Each Board member shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees. One of the members of the Board shall be designated as Chairperson by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Village Board of Trustees and shall hold office until a successor is appointed. The Village Board of Trustees may appoint other officers as it deems necessary. Each Board member shall receive compensation as established by the Village Board of Trustees.

(Ord. No. 1712, § 2, 2-16-21)

(A)

The Combined Planning and Zoning Board shall consist of seven members to serve respectively for the following initial terms: one for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, one for five years, one for six years, and one for seven years with terms expiring on April 30th of the respective year. Following the expiration of the initial terms of appointment, each member shall serve for a term of five years.

(B)

With the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees, the Mayor may remove any member of the Combined Planning and Zoning Board for cause after a public hearing. Cause shall include a member's failure to attend three consecutive meetings or failure to attend 50 percent of all meetings held within a 12-month period.

(C)

Vacancies on the Combined Planning and Zoning Board shall be filled for the unexpired term of the member whose place has become vacant in the same manner as provided for the appointment of new members.

(Ord. No. 1712, § 2, 2-16-21)

All meetings of the Combined Planning and Zoning Board shall be held at the call of the Chairperson and at such times as the Board may determine. All Board meetings shall be open to the public. The Village Board of Trustees may adopt their own rules of meeting procedures consistent with this Chapter and the applicable Illinois statutes. The Chairperson, or in their absence, the Acting Chairperson may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. Four members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of the majority of those present shall be necessary to authorize any Board action except Special Use Permit and Variance Hearings. (See 40-19-11 (A)). (See Section 40-19-6 for vote on decisions of Board.)

(Ord. No. 1712, § 2, 2-16-21)

The Combined Planning and Zoning Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings and examinations. These minutes shall indicate the absence of any member, the vote or abstention of each member on each question, and any official action taken. A copy of every rule, variance, order or decision of the Board shall be filed immediately with the Village Clerk and shall be a public record.

(Ord. No. 1712, § 2, 2-16-21)

The Secretary of the Combined Planning and Zoning Board shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees to serve until their successor is appointed. The Secretary shall record the minutes of the Board's proceedings and actions, showing the vote of each member upon each question or if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact. They shall perform such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Board.

(Ord. No. 1712, § 2, 2-16-21)

(A)

Authority:

(1)

The Combined Planning and Zoning Board shall have the powers and duties as to planning as set forth in 65 Illinois Complied Statutes 5/11-12-4 through 5/11-12-13 and as more particularly specified in this section.

(2)

The Combined Planning and Zoning Board shall have the powers and duties as to zoning as set forth in 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/11-13-1 through 5/11-13-20, 5/11-14-1 et seq. 5/11-15-1 and 5/11-15.1-1 et seq. and Chapter 40 of this Code.

(B)

General: The Combined Planning and Zoning Board shall have the following powers and duties:

(1)

Prepare and recommend to the corporate authorities a comprehensive plan for the present and future development or redevelopment of the Village. Such plan may be adopted in whole or in separate geographical or functional parts, each of which, when adopted, shall be the official comprehensive plan, or part thereof, of the Village. This plan may include reasonable requirements with reference to streets, alleys, public grounds, and other improvements specified in this section. The plan, as recommended by the Combined Planning and Zoning Board and as thereafter adopted by the Village, may be made applicable, by the terms thereof, to land situated within the corporate limits and contiguous territory not more than one and one-half miles beyond the corporate limits and not included in the Village. All requirements for public hearing, filing of notice of adoption with the County Recorder of Deeds, and filing of the plan and ordinances with the Village Clerk shall be complied with as provided by law. Such plan may be implemented by ordinances:

a.

To provide for the health, safety, comfort, and convenience of the inhabitants of the village and contiguous territory, such plan or plans shall establish reasonable standards habitants of the village and contiguous territory, such plan or plans shall establish reasonable standards of design for subdivisions and re-subdivisions of unimproved land and

of

areas subject to re-development in respect to public improvements as herein defined and shall establish reasonable requirements governing the location, width, course, and surfacing of public streets and highways, alleys, ways for public service facilities, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street lights, parks, playgrounds, school grounds, size of lots to be used for residential purposes, storm water drainage, water supply and distribution, sanitary sewers, and sewage collection and treatment. The requirements specified herein shall become regulatory only when adopted by law; and

b.

Designating land suitable for annexation to the city and the recommended zoning classification for such land upon annexation.

(2)

Recommend changes, from time to time, in the official comprehensive plan.

(3)

Prepare and recommend to the corporate authorities, from time to time, plans for specific improvements in pursuance of the official comprehensive plan.

(4)

Give aid to the municipal officials charged with the direction of projects for improvements embraced within the official plan, to further the making of these projects, and, generally, to promote the realization of the official comprehensive plan.

(5)

Prepare and recommend to the corporate authorities schemes for regulating or forbidding structures or activities which may hinder access to solar energy necessary for the proper functioning of solar energy systems, as defined in section 1.2 of the Comprehensive Solar Energy Act of 1977 (30 ILCS 725/1.2), or to recommend changes in such schemes.

(6)

Recommend changes in Chapter 40, pertaining to zoning.

(7)

Cooperate with county and regional planning commissions and other agencies or groups to further the local planning program and to ensure harmonious and integrated planning for the area.

(8)

To arrange and conduct any form of publicity relative to its activities for the general purpose of public understanding.

(9)

To exercise such other powers germane to the powers granted under authority of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, as may be conferred by the Village Board.

(Ord. No. 1712, § 2, 2-16-21)

At any time or times, before or after the formal adoption of the official comprehensive plan by the corporate authorities, an official map may be designated by ordinance, which map may consist of the whole area included within the official comprehensive plan or one or more geographical or functional parts and may include all or any part of the contiguous unincorporated area within one and one-half miles from the corporate limits of the village. All requirements for public hearing, filing notice of adoption with the County Recorder of Deeds and filing of the plan and ordinances, including the official map with the Clerk shall be complied with as provided by law. No map or plat of any subdivision or re-subdivision presented for record affecting land within the corporate limits of the village or within contiguous territory which is not more than one and one-half miles beyond the corporate limits shall be entitled to record or shall be valid unless the subdivision shown thereon provides for standards of design and standards governing streets, alleys, public ways, ways for public service facilities, street lights, public grounds, size of lots to be used for residential purposes, and distribution, sanitary sewers, and sewage collection and treatment in conformity with the applicable requirements of the Code, including the official map. (Former Code, § 5-1-6)

(Ord. No. 1712, § 2, 2-16-21)

State Law reference— Recording maps and plats, see ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, §§ 11-12-12.

The Village Clerk shall furnish the Combined Planning and Zoning Board, for its consideration, a copy of all ordinances, plans, and data relative to public improvements of any nature. The Combined Planning and Zoning Board may report in relation thereto, if it deems a report necessary or advisable, for the consideration of the Village Board.

(Ord. No. 1712, § 2, 2-16-21)

Expenditures of the Combined Planning and Zoning Board shall be at the discretion of the Village Board of Trustees and if the Combined Planning and Zoning Board shall deem it advisable to secure technical advice or services, it shall be done upon authority of the Village Board of Trustees and appropriations by the Village Board of Trustees therefore.

(Ord. No. 1712, § 2, 2-16-21)

(A)

Vote. The concurring vote of four members of the Combined Planning and Zoning Board shall be necessary to grant a variance or special-use permit. The order of the Combined Planning and Zoning Board shall be by written letter and shall contain its findings of fact.

(B)

Period of Validity. No decision granting a variance or special-use permit shall be valid for a period longer than 12 months from the date of such decision unless:

(1)

An application for a zoning certificate is obtained within such period and construction, moving, remodeling, or reconstruction is started, or

(2)

An occupancy certificate is obtained and a use is commenced.

(C)

Extensions. The Combined Planning and Zoning Board may grant additional extensions of time not exceeding 180 days each upon written application made within the initial 12-month period without further notice or hearing, but said right to so extend said time shall not include the right to grant additional relief by expanding the scope of the variation.

(D)

Finality and Review. All decisions of the Combined Planning and Zoning Board, on appeal or upon application for a variation shall, in all instances, be final administrative determination and shall be subject to review by a court in the manner provided by applicable Illinois statutes. No applicant shall apply for the same or identical request for a period of one year unless the facts and/or request have substantially changed.

(Ord. No. 1712, § 2, 2-16-21)