(A) (1) The Council shall act on every proposed amendment at its next regularly scheduled meeting following submission of the Board of Appeals’ advisory report.
(2) Without further public hearing, the Council may pass any proposed amendment or may refer it back to the Board of Appeals for further consideration, by simple majority vote of all the members then holding office.
(B) Exception: the favorable vote of at least two-thirds of all the members of the Council is required to pass an amendment to this chapter when the proposed amendment is opposed, in writing, by the owners of 20% of the frontage proposed to be altered, or by owners of 20% of the frontage immediately adjoining or across an alley therefrom, or by the owners of 20% of the frontage directly opposite the frontage proposed to be altered.
(1960 Code, § 60-12-24)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 65 ILCS 5/11-13-14