(A) A copy of the request shall be made available for public inspection in the offices of the County Clerk and the County Department of Planning and Zoning, and members of the public shall be allowed to obtain a copy of the request or any part thereof upon payment of actual cost of reproduction to the County Clerk or County Department of Planning and Zoning. All copying requests shall be fulfilled by the Clerk or the Department in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act.
(B) The County Clerk shall receive written comment from any person concerning the appropriateness of the proposed site. Upon receipt of any written comment, the Clerk shall date stamp same and file the written comment with the postmarked envelope in which the comment was received.
(C) Copies of the written comments shall be made available for public inspection in the offices of
the Clerk, and members of the public shall be allowed to obtain a copy of any written comment upon payment of actual cost of reproduction.
(D) (1) Any written comment received by the County Clerk or postmarked not later than 30 days after the date of the last public hearing shall be made part of the record of the public hearing as hereinafter described and the County Board shall consider any timely written comments in making its final determination.
(2) In the event that the thirtieth day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, a federal or county holiday, the next day on which mail is received by the Clerk shall be considered the thirtieth day for purposes of this section.
(Prior Code, § 153.21) (Res. passed 3-16-1989)