(A) The applicant shall file in the office of the City Clerk, 20 copies of the following:
(1) The application (attached to Ordinance 2001-5096 as Exhibit "A" and hereby incorporated by reference) and required attachments;
(2) Information and documentation (on the form attached to Ordinance 2001-5096 as Exhibit "B" and hereby incorporated by reference) which supports the application based on criteria established in the ILCS Ch. 415, Act 5, § 39.2;
(3) Copies of all documents submitted to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in connection with the applicant's application for Illinois Environmental Protection Agency permits for siting approval, except trade secrets as determined under ILCS Ch. 415, Act 5, § 7.1.
(B) Upon receipt of any such request, the City Clerk shall date stamp the same and immediately deliver the request to the Coles County Regional Planning and Development Commission.
(C) No application for site approval shall be deemed to have been filed or accepted for filing unless all of the required attachments have been included. In order to determine that all attachments have been submitted, Coles County Regional Planning and Development Commission staff shall review the request to determine if the application is complete. The intent of this review is to minimize delays that may be caused by an incomplete application. If complete, the application will have been considered to have been filed as of the date it was stamp dated by the City Clerk.
(D) (1) Within 20 working days of receipt of the request, the Coles County Regional Planning and Development Commission shall notify the applicant and the City Clerk:
(a) That the application is complete and is accepted for filing; or,
(b) That the application is not complete, specifying the deficiencies. Should the application be deemed incomplete, it is considered not filed and is not subject to further action being taken.
(2) If the application is deemed complete, the City Clerk shall within five working days of notice that the application is deemed complete to forward one set of the request and all attachments to:
(a) City Council Members;
(b) City Legal Counsel;
(c) Street Department;
(d) Highway Department;
(e) Fire Department;
(f) Coles County Health Department;
(g) Coles County Regional Planning and Development Commission;
(h) Township Supervisor (proposed Township site);
(i) General Assembly Members from legislative districts affected.
(E) All such documents filed in the office of the City Clerk shall be available for public inspection and may be copied upon payment of the actual cost of reproduction.
(F) Any person may file written comments concerning the application with the City Clerk. The City Council shall consider any comment received or postmarked not later than 30 days after the date of the last public hearing.
(G) The City Clerk shall date stamp the written comment and immediately forward one copy to each of the persons/agencies outlined in division (D) of this section. The City Clerk will note the date of the postmark on the envelope in receiving the copy.
(Ord. 2001-5096, passed 12-21-2001)