All land which may hereafter be annexed to the village shall automatically be classified in the E-R, Estate Residential District (ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 7-1-47). If land is to be classified other than the E-R District the Village President and Board of Trustees shall refer the zoning request to the Village Planning and Zoning Commission (the “Commission”), where the Commission shall within 60 days after the referral, schedule and hold a public hearing with respect to the zoning classification, pursuant to the provisions of §§ 159.177, Annexation Procedures; 159.178, Fee Schedule; and, 159.060, Summary Tables of this chapter.
The Commission shall make findings and recommendations with respect to the appropriate zoning classification or classifications being requested for the land and transmit them in writing to the Village President and Board of Trustees.