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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK, AS AMENDED
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WHEREAS, the Corporate Authorities of the Village of Orland Park, an Illinois home rule municipality, have on February 8, 1991, adopted a Land Development Code (“the Code”) and zoning map; and
WHEREAS, amendments to the Code are adopted from time to time to ensure that the Code is up to date and responsive to community needs; and
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission of the Village held a public hearing on November 7, 2023 on whether the proposed amendments should be approved, at which time all persons present were afforded an opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, a public notice in the form required by law was given of said public hearing by publication not more than thirty (30) days nor less than fifteen (15) days prior to said hearing in the Daily Southtown, a newspaper of general circulation in this Village; and
WHEREAS, the Plan Commission of this Village has filed its report of findings and recommendation that the proposed amendments to Section 5-101 (G)(2)(b) of the Land Development Code of the Village be made, and this Board of Trustees has duly considered said report and findings and recommendations; and
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park have determined that it is in the best interests of the Village and its residents to update the aforementioned sections of the Land Development Code in order to bring it in line with surrounding communities and the Village’s needs;
NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Ordained by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park, Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1
This Board finds and determines that the adoption of the following amendments to the Land Development Code of the Village of Orland Park is in the best interests of the Village and its residents, is in the public interest, constitutes an improvement to the Land Development Code of the Village of Orland Park, and is in keeping with the spirit and in furtherance of the purpose of the Land Development Code of the Village of Orland Park, as set forth in Section 1-102 thereof.
SECTION 2
Article 5, Section 5-101 (G)(2)(b)(2) shall hereby be repealed and replaced with the following (deleted language marked with strikethrough, and new language marked with underlining):
2. It is the petitioner's/applicant's responsibility to send a copy of the notice by certified first-class mail with return receipt requested to each of the owners of record of adjacent properties and within 300 feet of any property upon which development is proposed. The petitioner/ applicant must also retain the certified mail receipts for a period of no less than seven (7) years from the final Village Board action on the proposal.
SECTION 3
Article 5, Section (G)(2)(b)(5) shall hereby be repealed and replaced with the following (deleted language marked with strikethrough, and new language marked with underlining):
5. It is the petitioner's/applicant's responsibility to submit a notarized affidavit, list of addressed to be notified, and a certificate of mailing from the United States Post Office to staff prior to or at the Plan Commission meeting confirming that all requirements listed above have been met.
SECTION 4
To the extent necessary, all tables of contents, indexes, headings, and internal references or cross-references to Sections that need to be amended or deleted within the Orland Park Village Code, as amended, as a consequence of the above Code Amendments, shall be amended by the Village’s codifier so as to be consistent with the terms of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such conflict, are repealed.
SECTION 6
Each section, paragraph, clause and provision of this Ordinance is separable and if any provision is held unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the remainder of this Ordinance, nor any part thereof, other than that part affected by such decision.
SECTION 7
Except as to the Code amendments set forth above in this Ordinance, all Chapters and Sections of the Orland Park Land Development Code, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 8
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law.
SECTION 9
The Village Clerk be and herby is authorized and directed to publish this Ordinance in pamphlet form.