Title/Name/Summary
Strategic Annexations - 2024 Update
History
In 2007, the Village began the process of completing a comprehensive annexation study. This was done in order to identify pockets of land wholly surrounded by the Village of Orland Park and less than 60-acres in area left unincorporated as a result of “leap frog development.” These pockets of contiguous, unincorporated areas create gaps in service delivery such as road maintenance, emergency response, and other services handled by overlapping agencies. In 2022, the Village restarted this project by presenting a new comprehensive analysis to the Village Board.
The purpose of the strategic annexation plan for unincorporated areas is to promote effective growth management practices by filling in the gaps of municipal infrastructure and services rather than extending them further out. Annexation can ensure services are provided in an efficient manner and paid for equitably by those who benefit from them.
All properties eligible for unilateral annexation were evaluated. Eligibility is determined by 65 ILCS 7-1-13 which permits unilateral annexation when a contiguous unincorporated area (one or more properties) is 60 acres or less and is surrounded by one or more Villages and/or other boundaries as set forth therein. When conducting a unilateral annexation, a Village must annex the entire, contiguous unincorporated area.
At the time there were 47 areas that were identified. Since that time 3 of these parcels were acquired by the Village and annexation is pending. This area includes over 200 parcels with some areas only containing one parcel and the largest area including thirty (30) parcels. The size of the areas range from ½ acre to 42.5 acres. The vast majority of the identified properties are residential.
In 2022, the Village Board gave direction to send notice to all of the remaining 44 properties to contact the property owners and ask if they would like to pursue voluntary annexation. The att...
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