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RESOLUTION
Opposing Preliminary Draft of Zoning
Laws Study Commission
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WHEREAS, the Zoning Laws Study Commission has released
its preliminary draft of a proposed Illinois Land Resources Zoning
Code, dated November 5, 1970; and
WHEREAS, said proposed Zoning Code marks a substantial
departure from well established zoning principles in the State
of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Laws Study Commission has solicited
the comments and views of municipal officers and other interested
persons; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston has
concluded that the adoption of the proposed Illinois Land
Resources Zoning Code, in its present form, would be highly
detrimental and would constitute an erosion of local zoning
authority:
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NO'N, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois:
SECTION 1: That the City Council of the City of
Evanston does hereby oppose the adoption
of the proposed Illinois Land Resources Zoning Code prepared for
the State of Illinois Zoning Laws Study Commission, dated
November 5, 1970, in its present form and urges said Zoning Laws
Study Commission to re-evaluate its position in regard to the
substance of said Zoning Code so as to improve the quality of
zoning'administration
in
Illinois and preserve the rights of
local communities in the
adoption and enforcement of zoning
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ordinance.
SECTION
2:
That the General Assembly of the State
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of Illinois, be and it is hereby
memorialized to reject
the
Illinois Land Resources Zoning Code
prepared for the State
of
Illinois Zoning Laws Study Commission,
if. said Illinois Land
Resources
Zoning Code should be presented
to the General Assembly for adoption.
SECTION 3: The City Manager and the Corporation
Counsel of the City of Evanston are hereby directed to take all
necessary and appropriate steps to oppose the adoption of the
proposed Illinois Land Resources Zoning Code by the General
Assembly of the State of Illinois, and to take all steps approp-
riate to consult with said Zoning Laws Study Commission in the
interest of improving zoning administration throughout the State of
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Illinois consistent with the preservation of home rule powers
as granted by the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
SECTION 4: The City Clerk of the City of Evanston
is hereby directed to transmit copies
of this resolution to the Honorable Eugene F. Schlickman, Chairman,
Zoning Laws Study Commission, and the members of the House of
Representatives of the State of Illinois and the Senate of the
State of Illinois from this District.
Passed and approved this 18th day of January, 1971.
ATTEST:
/s/ Maurice F. Broim
Maurice F. Brown, City Clerk
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/s/ Edgar Vanneman, Jr.
Edgar Vanneman, Jr., 11y11ayor