CHAPTER 161: OFFICIAL LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS

Section

   161.01   Declaration of policy

   161.02   Authority to designate landmarks

   161.03   Procedure

   161.04   Notice

   161.05   Criteria

   161.06   Final notice to property owner

   161.07   Regulation of construction, alteration, and demolition of landmark properties

   161.08   Appeals

§ 161.01 DECLARATION OF POLICY.

   It is found and declared that in the village the movements and shifts of population and the changes in residential, commercial, and industrial use and customs tend to threaten with disappearance areas, places, buildings, structures, works of art, and other objects having a special historical, community, or aesthetic interest or value and whose preservation and continued utilization are necessary and desirable to sound community planning and the welfare of the residents of this village. The authority provided in this chapter is directed to such ends, and the use of the rights and powers herein provided for the preservation and continued utilization of such property is declared to be a public use essential to the public interest of this village.

(Ord. 925, passed 7-24-85)

§ 161.02 AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE LANDMARKS.

   (A)   Village Board. The Village Board shall have the power to provide for official landmark designation by ordinance, of areas, places, buildings, structures, works of art, and other objects having a special historical, community, or aesthetic interest or value; and in connection with such areas, places, buildings, structures, works of art, and other objects so designated by ordinance, whether owned or controlled privately or by any public body, to provide special conditions, to impose regulations governing construction, alteration, demolition, and use, to deny application for building demolition permits and building permits to add to, modify, or remove a portion of any landmark building, and to adopt other additional measures appropriate for their preservation, protection, enhancement, rehabilitation, reconstruction, perpetuation, or use, which additional measures may include, but are not limited to, the authority given to all municipalities by ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 11-48.2-2.

   (B)   Other village commission. The Village Board may at any time, by ordinance, create a new or special commission, board, or department, or designate an existing commission, board, or department to administer the foregoing powers and purposes in lieu of the Village Board or as advisory assistant to the Village Board, in accordance with the authority found in ILCS ch. 65, Act 5, § 11-48.2-3.

(Ord. 925, passed 7-24-85)