A. Filing: All applications for annexation, zoning and/or variations and special use, to be considered at the monthly meeting of the plan commission or to be considered at a public hearing before the zoning board of appeals, and to be thereafter considered by the city council shall be filed with the city clerk not later than the fifteenth day of the month preceding the month during which the applicant desires to have the application considered by the plan commission and/or the zoning board of appeals.
B. Notices:
1. Notice To Be Mailed: For all applications certified public notice shall be mailed by the applicant. Said notices shall be mailed after a public hearing date has been scheduled by the city clerk to be held before the planning commission/zoning board of appeals. The notices shall be mailed to all owners of record within two hundred fifty feet (250') in each direction of the location in which the property is located, and to owners or occupants of other properties which may be affected as determined by the planning commission. The owners of record within the two hundred fifty foot (250') requirement shall be determined by consulting the tax assessor's rolls of the township or the county in which the property is located, provided the number of feet occupied by all public roads, streets, alleys and other public ways shall be excluded in computing the two hundred fifty foot (250') requirement. The notice shall be in writing and shall contain the following information:
a. Common description of property.
b. Requested action.
c. Date, time and place of hearing.
d. Reference to building, planning, and zoning department of the city of Plano for further information, including telephone number of building, planning, and zoning department. The notice shall be mailed not more than thirty (30) days, nor less than fifteen (15) days in advance of such hearing. The notice shall be sent by regular mail, properly addressed as shown on the assessor's rolls and with sufficient postage affixed thereto, and shall be attested to by means of a certificate of mailing and an affidavit of mailing which shall include a copy of the notice and a complete list of names, addresses and tax parcel numbers of said owners of record required to be mailed the notice.
The certificate of mailing and the affidavit of mailing with its attachments shall be submitted to the city clerk prior to the hearing date and shall be made part of the hearing record.
In connection with the requirements of this section, the following forms and instructions are on file with the city clerk:
(1) Form for certified public notice.
(2) Instructions for determining scope of two hundred fifty foot (250') distance.
(3) Form for owners of record and tax parcel number listing.
(4) Affidavit form for mailing.
(5) Certificate of mailing form.
2. Posting Of Sign: For all rezoning petitions a sign provided by the city clerk shall be posted by the petitioner and/or property owner. The sign shall be posted after a public hearing date has been scheduled by the city clerk to be held before the planning commission. The sign shall be at least two feet (2') in height and four feet (4') in length and shall be posted not more than fifteen (15) days nor less than ten (10) days in advance of the public hearing. The sign or signs shall be posted so that at least one sign is clearly readable from all adjacent roadways. The sign shall contain the following information:
a. Requested action.
b. Date, time and place of public hearing.
c. Reference to building, planning, and zoning department of the city of Plano for further information, including telephone number of building, planning, and zoning department.
The sign shall not be removed until the public hearing before the planning commission has been completed unless otherwise directed by the planning commission or city council. This section is intended to be a directive, and any failure to comply with the requirements hereof shall not deprive the planning commission or city council of jurisdiction to pass any amendment to this section, nor shall any defect render invalid any proceedings held in furtherance of any such amendment.
The petitioner and/or property owner shall also file with the city clerk no later than ten (10) days before the public hearing date, an affidavit verifying who posted the sign and the date and time of its posting, and including a location map showing where said sign was posted on the property and a photograph of said sign after it was erected. In connection with the requirements of this section, the following forms and instructions are on file with the city clerk:
a. Instructions for the posting of the sign.
b. Affidavit form for posting of sign.
3. Publications: The city clerk shall cause a notice of time, place and purpose of such hearing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the city of Plano not more than thirty (30) days nor less than fifteen (15) days in advance of such hearing.
C. Complete Application: No application will be processed by the city clerk and forwarded to the plan commission or the zoning board of appeals unless and until all documentation, including mapping, required to be submitted with the application has been received by the city clerk.
D. Annexations: All applications for annexation shall be accompanied by an annexation map prepared by an Illinois registered land surveyor showing the existing city limits and containing an accurate map of the property to be annexed accompanied by the exact legal description thereof and the acreage thereof. Said map shall, where feasible, be contained on eight and one-half inch by eleven inch (81/2" x 11") paper.
E. Natural Resource Inventory: Prior to or simultaneously with the filing of an application for annexation, the applicant shall request from the Kendall County soil and water conservation district a natural resource inventory of the subject real estate. No application for annexation will be heard by the plan commission, the zoning board of appeals or the city council until the city has received the natural resource inventory.
F. Compliance: Failure of the applicant to comply with the guidelines contained in this section shall result in delays in the processing of the application for annexation, zoning and/or variation or special use.
G. Meetings: The petitioner, or his representative, shall attend all pertinent meetings to present the petition, and failure to attend may result in the delay of any processing of the application or petition. (Ord. 2006-32, 4-24-2006)