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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 3313 02/01/1983 RDINANCE NO. 3313 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE IV OF CHAPTER 5 OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE 1st DAY OF February ,1983. Published in pamphlet form by authority of the corporate authorities of the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois, the 2nd day of February , 1983. ORDINANCE NO. 3313 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE IV OF CHAPTER 5 OF THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT ~HEREAS, the Plan Commission of the Village of Mount Prospect is assigned the responsibility of developing and/or amending Generalized Plan Use Plan for the Village of Mount Prospect, ~eferred to as Comprehensive Plan; and 4HEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees have reviewed ~nd concur with the procedures proposed herein necessary to prepare and/or amend said Comprehensive Plan. ~OW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF ~RUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SECTION ONE: That Article IV of Chapter 5 of the Village Code of the Village of Mount Prospect be and the same is hereby amended in its entirety; so that hereafter said Article IV of Chapter 5 of the Village Code Shall be and read as follows: " Article IV PLAN COMMISSION SECTION: 5.401 5.402 5.403 5.404 5.405 5.406 Creation and Membership Organization Purpose Hearings and Meetings Jurisdiction Additional Information Sec. 5.401. Creation and Membership. There is hereby established a Commission to be known as the Plan Commission of the Village, consisting of nine (9) voting members, all 9f whom shall be citizens of the Village. The members of the Plan Commission shall be appointed by the President of the Board of Trustees with the consent of the Board of Trustees. In addition, the Village President shall be an ex-officio member of the Plan Commission. When first appointed, the members of the Plan Commission shall serve respectively for the following terms: Two (2) for one year; two (2) for two (2) years; two (2) for three (3) years; and two (2) for four (4) years, or until their respective successors have been duly appointed and qualified. Upon creation of the Plan Commission, a chairman, who shall be a vo~ing member of said Commission, shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years, or until his successor has been duly appointed and qualified. o After the initial term, following the creation of the Plan Commission, the successor of each member and the chairman so appointed shall serve for a term of four (4) years, or until his successor has been duly appointed and qualified. The Village President and the Board of Trustees shall ave the power to remove any member of the Plan Commission, including its chairman, for cause after public hearing. Vacancies upon the Plan Commission shall be filled for the unexpired term of the member of the Chairman whose seat has become vacant by appointment by the Village President with the consent of the Board of Trustees of the Village. Sec. 5.402. Organization. The President and Board of Trustees may provide by resolution for the compensation of the members and chairman of the Plan Commission. Immediately upon its creation, the Plan Commission shall select from its membership a vice chairman and a secretary. The vice Chairman shall serve as acting chairman whenever the chairman appointed by the Village President is absent from meetings and hearings. o The secretary shall oversee and shall be responsible fo~ the record of proceedings and the minutes of the Plan Commission. The secretary of the Plan Commission shall be responsible for filing the most current rules and procedure or by-laws of the Plan Commission, the minutes of meetings, the record of hearings, and other documents and recommendations with the Village Clerk, and copies thereof with the Director of Community Development. The secretary shall peform such other duties as may be assigned him from time to time by the Plan Commission. The secretary may be given such clerical assistance as the Village Manager and/or the Board of Trustees may provide. Co The Plan Commission shall adopt rules for the conduct of its hearings and meetings, which rules shall not conflict with this Article and which may include the creation of a committee authorized to conduct hearings at any time two or more members of the Plan Commission are present. (2) In the case of meetings, however, five (5) members of the Plan Commission shall constitute a quorum to conduct business. Sec. 5.403. Purpose. In order that adequate guidance, direction, control and development of the Village shall be provided for, the Plan Commission hereinabove created shall: A. Develop a planning program. Recommend regulations, projects and programs pertinent to the development, redevelopment, and renewal of the Village and such surrounding territory over which the Village exercises subdivision jurisdiction, and Co Prepare and revise the official map as well as the Comprehensive Village Plan. - 3 - 5.404. Jurisdiction. The Plan Commission shall have the following functions. To prepare, amend and recommend to the President and Board of Trustees of the Village a Comprehensive Plan for the present and future development or re-development of the Village, which Comprehensive Plan, or amendment thereto, shall be accomplished in accordance with Section 5.405 of this Chapter 5. Such plan may be adopted in whole or in separate geographical of 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 public improvements. The plan by its very terms, may be made applicable to land situated within the corporate limits of the Village and contiguous territory not more than one and one-half (1½) miles beyond the corporate limits but not included in the Village. o The plan may designate land suitable for annexation to the Village, along with recommended zoning classification for such land upon annexation. Such plan shall be advisory and in and of itself shall not be contrued to regulate or control the use of private property in any way, except as to such part of the said plan as has been implemented by ordinances duly enacted by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village. Said official Comprehensive Plan and any ordinances implementing same shall be placed on file with the Village Clerk and shall be available at all times during regular business hours for public inspection. Copies of said plan, all ordinances implementing same, and the official map, shall be available to all interested parties upon payment by said parties of the sum established in order to reimburse the general fund of the Village for the cost of printing and distributing same. o No Comprehensive Plan or amendment thereto shall be adopted than has not been submitted to the Plan Commission. The Comprehensive Plan or amendment, if approved and adopted, shall become effective upon the expiration of ten (10) dyas after the date of 'filing notice of such adoption with the Cook County Recorder of Deeds. To recommend changes, from time to time, in the official Comprehensive Plan. To prepare and recommend to the President and Board of Trustees, from time to time, plans for specific improvements in pursuance of the official Comprehensive Plan, including a plan to implement the proper industrial development and economic balance within the corporate limits of the Village. To 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. To review and recommend the denial or the approval of plats of subdivision. Following the adoption of an official Comprehensive Plan in the manner prescribed in this Article, no map or plat of any subdivision or resubdivision presented for record, affecting land within the corporate limits of the Village, or contiguous territory outside of but not more distant than one and one-half (1%) mi]es from such limits of the Village, shall be entitled to record or shall be valid unless the subdivision thereon shall meet the subdivision regulations of the Village and otherwise conform to any requirements thereto shown in the official Comprehensive Plan of the Village. The procedures for review of such maps or plats of subdivision shall be as established within the subdivision regulations of the Village. To exercise such other powers germane to the aforedescribed purposes for which the Plan Commission was created as may be conferred upon the Plan Commission by odinance. 5.405. Hearings, Meetings,.and Notice Provisions. General Provisions. Ail hearings and all meetings of the Plan Con,mission shall be open to the public and the records and minutes thereof shall be available for~_ examination in the office of the Village Clerk during regular business hours. At hearings and meetings of the Plan Commission any interested person may appear or may be represented by duly authorized agents or attorneys. No testimony regarding the Comprehensive Plan or any amendments thereto shall be taken, and no witnesses heard, except at a property convened hearing of the Plan Commission. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Plan Commission shall be held in the Village Hall of the Village on the first and third 'Wednesday of each month. The Plan Commission shall keep minutes of its meetings, showing the vote of each member upon every question, or if absent or failing to vote, indicating that fact. The concurring vote of five (5) members of the Plan Commission shall be necessary to make any recommendation to the President and Board of Trustees of the Village. Special Meetings. Ail special meetings and all hearings of the Plan Commission shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the said Plan Commission may determine by rule. All of the foregoing provisions regulating the conduct of regular meetings of the Plan Commission shall apply to special meetings of said Plan Commission. Hearings. A record of all teStimony before the Plan Commission shall be maintained for each such hearing. No vote upon any recommendation of the Plan Commission shall be had at any hearing, unless the said Plan Commission shall by rule provide that such hearing shall be deemed a meeting and the regulations concerning quorum and maintenance of minutes shall have been adhered to. No Comprehensive Plan or amendment thereto shall be adopted that has not been submitted to the Plan Commission. After submission of a proposed Comprehensive Plan or an amendment to an existing Comprehensive Plan, the Plan Commission shall hold a public hearing to consider such amendment. No less than fifteen (15) days prior to the public hearing to be held by the Plan Commission, notice of the proposed hearing, setting forth the time and date and place thereof, shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Cook,in which the Village and contiguous unincorporated area is located. o The hearing shall be informal, but all persons desiring to be heard in support of or opposed to the Comprehensive Plan or amendment shall be afforded such opportunity to be heard and may submit their statements orally and/or in writing. The hearing may be recessed to another date if not concluded; provided, notice of the time and place thereof is publically announced at the hearing at the time of such recess or notice is given by newspaper publication not less than five (5) days prior to the re-scheduled hearing. Within ninety (90) days after the conclusion of the public hearing held by the Plan Commission, the Plan Commission shall make their written recommendation to the President and Board of Trustees of the Village. If the Plan Commission fails to make such written recommendation within the said ninety (90) days, then the President and Board of Trustees may proceed to consider adoption of such Comprehensive Plan or part thereof or an amendment to an existing Comprehensive Plan in the same manner as if the Plan Commission had made such written recommendation. After consideration of the recommendation of the Plan Commission of a proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan, the President and Board of Trustees shall either adopt the Comprehensive Plan or amendment in whole or in part, or reject the entire Comprehensive Plan or amendment. o o If adopted, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village shall enact ordinances to implement same, which ordinances may include the official map or maps of the Village. In adopting an official Comprehensive Plan, except as herein otherwise provided, the President and Board of Trustees shall be subject to the same limitations as to subject matter as apply to the lan Commission. If, at the expiration of ninety (90) days after the recommendation of the Plan Commission to the President and Board of Trustees, the President and Board of Trustees have taken no formal action, the Comprehensive Plan or amendment thereto may thereafter not be acted upon by the said President and Board of Trustees without again complying with the conditions of notice and hearing heretofore provided. ~ec. 5.406. Additional Information. The Village Clerk shall furnish the Plan Commission copies of all ordinances, plans and data relative to public improvements of any nature or other plans affecting the official Comprehensive Plan of the Village. If the Plan Commission deems a report thereon is necessary or advisable, it may make such report to the Board of Trustees for its consideration. '~ ~ECTION TWO: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and ~ffect from and after its passage, approval and publication in )amphlet form in the manner provided by law. aYES: Arthur, Farley, Floros, ~AYS: None aBSENT: Murauskis, Wattenberg Richardson ~SSED and APPROVED this 1st day of February , 1983. ~TTEST: '±llage Clerk Village~President