(A) The County Board shall consider the record from the public hearing and the proposed findings of fact and recommendations of the Hearing Officer and shall make a decision concerning a site approval request within 180 days from the filing with the County Clerk an application for site approval. The decision of the County Board shall be in writing, specifying the reasons for the decision, such reasons shall be in conformity with § 39.2(a) of the Act. The County Board may conditionally approve any request for site approval, provided the conditions are reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Act and are not inconsistent with regulations promulgated by the Illinois Pollution Control Board. Any determination by the County Board shall be supported by the record.
(B) If there is no final action by the County Board within 180 days after the filing of the application for site approval, the applicant may deem the application approved unless the time for approval has been extended for an additional period of 90 days pursuant to the Act and this subchapter.
(C) No determination by the County Board of a site approval request may be reconsidered.
(D) The decision of the County Board shall be available for public inspection in the Office of the County Clerk and may be copied upon payment of actual cost of reproduction.
(E) A local siting approval granted under this subchapter shall expire at the end of two calendar years from the date upon which it was granted, unless local siting approval under this subchapter is for a sanitary landfill operation, in which case the approval shall expire after three calendar years from the date which it was granted, unless within that period of time the applicant has made an application to the agency for a permit to develop the site. In the event that the local siting decision has been appealed, the calculation of the expiration date shall be deemed to begin on the date upon which the appeal process is concluded.
(Ord. 24-0593, passed 5-14-2024)