Winthrop Harbor City Zoning Code
AMENDMENTS
§ 154.290 AMENDMENTS TO ZONING REGULATIONS.
The regulations imposed and the districts created under the authority of this chapter may be amended in the manner provided by ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5 § 11-13-14 of the Illinois Municipal Code. No such amendments shall be made without a public hearing before the Village Plan Commission.
(Ord. passed 2-18-64)
§ 154.291 INITIATION OF AMENDMENTS.
Amendments may be proposed by the Board of Trustees, by the Plan Commission, or by any other person.
(Ord. passed 2-18-64)
§ 154.292 APPLICATION.
Amendments initiated by the Board of Trustees shall be referred directly to the Plan Commission. An application made by any other person for an amendment to any of the provisions of this chapter or to any district created thereby shall be filed with the Zoning Administrator. Such application shall be upon such form and accompanied by such information as shall be required from time to time by the Plan Commission.
(Ord. passed 2-18-64)
§ 154.293 PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS.
Upon receipt of an application for an amendment to the zoning ordinance, the Zoning Administrator shall transmit the application to the Board of Trustees prior to its next scheduled meeting. Upon receipt of such proposed amendment, the Board of Trustees shall transmit a copy of it to the Plan Commission with directions to hold a public hearing on the proposed amendment and to make findings and recommendations and forward same to the Board of Trustees.
(Ord. passed 2-18-64)
§ 154.294 PUBLIC HEARING.
The Plan Commission shall hold a public hearing on proposed amendments initiated by the Board of Trustees or by the Plan Commission, and on all applications for an amendment by any other person. The Plan Commission shall determine the time and place for the hearing. The hearing shall be conducted and a record of the proceedings shall be preserved in such manner and according to such procedures as the Plan Commission shall prescribe, from time to time, by rule, provided, however, that all testimony shall be taken under oath administered by the member of the Plan Commission presiding at the hearing. After the public hearing has been conducted, the Plan Commission shall prepare findings of fact and recommendations with respect to the proposed amendment and transmit the same to the Board of Trustees.
(Ord. passed 2-18-64)
§ 154.295 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING.
The petitioner(s) seeking any relief before the PZB shall cause notice of public hearing on a proposed amendment or other action requiring formal notice to be published, at least once, not more than 30, nor less than 15 days before the hearing, in a newspaper published in the village, or if no newspaper is published therein, then in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within said village. The notice shall contain the date, time, and place of the hearing, the street address or common description of the property involved, if any, and a brief statement of the amendment or other relief that is sought. In all instances, except where an amendment to the regulations imposed and the districts created under the authority of this chapter is sought, in addition to publication, the petitioner(s) shall further cause notice in writing with all particulars as hereinabove set forth to be mailed return receipt requested to such owners abutting the property for which a special use, variance, preannexation agreement, preliminary or final plat or unified residential development is sought within that same 15 to 30 day period prior to the hearing. The notice may also contain the legal description of the property. It shall be the responsibility of the petitioner(s) to file a good and sufficient affidavit or affidavits attesting to and proving that all notices required hereunder shall have been accomplished in a timely and sufficient manner consistent with the provisions hereof. The cost of all publications and certified mailing shall be borne by the petitioner(s). In addition to the foregoing, the village may post a sign on the subject parcel to provide greater public visibility to the pending application, but the posting or non-posting of any sign shall not be a jurisdictional prerequisite to the hearing, which may proceed to a final conclusion pursuant to law in either event.
(Ord., passed 2-18-64; Am. Ord. 1999-O-12, passed 5-4-99)
§ 154.296 ACTION BY BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
If an application for a proposed amendment is not acted upon finally by the Board of Trustees within six months of the date upon which the findings and recommendations of the Plan Commission are filed with the Board of Trustees, it shall be deemed to have been denied.
(Ord., passed 2-18-64)