O-11-46VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 0 -11 -46
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD TO REVISE THE
MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LEGAL NOTICES
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE
AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, this
19th day of December 2011.
Published in pamphlet form
by authority of the President
and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Deerfield, Lake and
Cook Counties, Illinois, this
19th day of December , 2011.
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 0 -11 -46
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD TO REVISE THE
MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LEGAL NOTICES
WHEREAS, Articles 12 and 13 of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Deerfield require
that certain public hearings held by the Plan Commission and by the Board of Zoning Appeals must
be preceded by a legal notice including a legal description of the property that is the subject of such
public hearing; and,
WHEREAS, Public Act 97 -0336 amended the Illinois Municipal Code to provide that legal
notices concerning annexation, special uses, variations or other specified zoning hearings need not
include a metes and bounds legal description of the affected property, provided that the notice
includes the common street address or addresses of the property and the property index number
( "PIN ") or numbers of all parcels of real property contained in the affected area; and,
WHEREAS, the inclusion of a legal description within a notice of public hearing adds to the
cost of publishing legal notices, increases the risk of error or inaccuracy in the description of the
affected property, and does not provide any meaningful information to the public that is not more
easily conveyed and understood by the use of common street addresses and PIN numbers; and,
WHEREAS, the corporate authorities of the Village of Deerfield are of the opinion that the
Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Deerfield should be amended as provided herein to authorize the
use of the common street address and property index number ( "PIN ") in legal notices to identify the
property that is the subject of a public hearing under Articles 12 or 13 of the Zoning Ordinance of the
Village of Deerfield in lieu of a metes and bounds legal description of the subject property;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, in
the exercise of its home rule powers, as follows:
SECTION 1: That Section 14.02 entitled "Definitions," of Article 14 of the Zoning
Ordinance of the Village of Deerfield, be and the same is hereby amended to add the following as a
defined term:
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Shall mean, for all public notice purposes under Article
12 or Article 13 of this Ordinance, (i) the common street address or addresses, and
(ii) the property index number ( "PIN ") or numbers of all the parcels of property
included within the subject property. "Legal Description" shall also mean a metes
and bounds legal description of the subject property if a street address is not available
for the parcels of property included within the subject property.
SECTION 2: That this Ordinance, and each of its terms, shall be the effective legislative act
of a home rule municipality without regard to whether such Ordinance should: (a) contain terms
contrary to the provisions of current or subsequent non - preemptive state law; or, (b) legislate in a
manner or regarding a matter not delegated to municipalities by state law. It is the intent of the
corporate authorities of the Village of Deerfield that to the extent that the terms of this Ordinance
should be inconsistent with any non - preemptive state law, this Ordinance shall supersede state law in
that regard within its jurisdiction.
SECTION 3: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law.
IPA
PASSED this 19th day of December , 2011.
AYES: Benton, Farkas, Jester, Oppenheim, Seiden, Struthers (6)
NAYS: None (0 )
ABSENT: None (0)
ABSTAIN: None (0)
APPROVED this 19th day of December '2011.
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
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Village esident
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 0 -11 -46
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD TO REVISE THE
MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LEGAL NOTICES
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE
AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, this
19th day of December 2011.
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Published in pamphlet form
by authority of the President
and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Deerfield, Lake and
Cook Counties, Illinois, this
19th day of December 9 2011.
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
STATE OF ILLINOIS
COUNTIES OF LAKE AND COOK
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
SS Image# 048401940005 Type: ORD
Recorded: 02/10/2012 at 09:02:32 AM
Receipt #: 2012- 00007910
Page i of 5
Fees: $30.00
IL Rental Housing Fund: $0.00
Lake County IL Recorder
Mary Ellen Vanderventer Recorder
File6818 "5507
The undersigned hereby certifies that he is the duly appointed Deputy Village Clerk of the
Village of Deerfield, Lake and Cook Counties, Illinois, and that the attached is a true and
accurate copy of
Ordinance 0 -1146 Amending the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of
Deerfield to Revise the Minimum Standards for Legal Notices
as appears in the records and files of the office of the Village Clerk.
Dated this January 31 2012
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SEAL
P
ANDREW S. LICHTERMAN
Deputy Village Clerk
Submitted by: Village of Deerfield
850 Waukegan Road
Deerfield, IL 60015
850 WAUKEGAN ROAD DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS 60015 TELEPHONE 847.945.5000 VAMWDEERFIELD -11ORG
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 0 -11 -46
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD TO REVISE THE
MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LEGAL NOTICES
WHEREAS, Articles 12 and 13 of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Deerfield require
that certain public hearings held by the Plan Commission and by the Board of Zoning Appeals must
be preceded by a legal notice including a legal description of the property that is the subject of such
public hearing; and,
WHEREAS, Public Act 97 -0336 amended the Illinois Municipal Code to provide that legal
notices concerning annexation, special uses, variations or other specified zoning hearings need not
include a metes and bounds legal description of the affected property, provided that the notice
includes the common street address or addresses of the property and the property index number
( "PIN ") or numbers of all parcels of real property contained in the affected area; and,
WHEREAS, the inclusion of a legal description within a notice of public hearing adds to the
cost of publishing legal notices, increases the risk of error or inaccuracy in the description of the
affected property, and does not provide any meaningful information to the public that is not more
easily conveyed and understood by the use of common street addresses and PIN numbers; and,
WHEREAS, the corporate authorities of the Village of Deerfield are of the opinion that the
Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Deerfield should be amended as provided herein to authorize the
use of the common street address and property index number ( "PIN ") in legal notices to identify the
property that is the subject of a public hearing under Articles 12 or 13 of the Zoning Ordinance of the
Village of Deerfield in lieu of a metes and bounds legal description of the subject property;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, in
the exercise of its home rule powers, as follows:
SECTION 1: That Section 14.02 entitled "Definitions," of Article 14 of the Zoning
Ordinance of the Village of Deerfield, be and the same is hereby amended to add the following as a
defined term:
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Shall mean, for all public notice purposes under Article
12 or Article 13 of this Ordinance, (i) the common street address or addresses, and
(ii) the property index number ( "PIN ") or numbers of all the parcels of property
included within the subject property. "Legal Description" shall also mean a metes
and bounds legal description of the subject property if a street address is not available
for the parcels of property included within the subject property.
SECTION 2: That this Ordinance, and each of its terms, shall be the effective legislative act
of a home rule municipality without regard to whether such Ordinance should: (a) contain terms
contrary to the provisions of current or subsequent non - preemptive state law; or, (b) legislate in a
manner or regarding a matter not delegated to municipalities by state law. It is the intent of the
corporate authorities of the Village of Deerfield that to the extent that the terms of this Ordinance
should be inconsistent with any non - preemptive state law, this Ordinance shall supersede state law in
that regard within its jurisdiction.
SEC'T'ION 3: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect fiom and after its passage,
approval and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law.
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PASSED this 19th day of December , 2011.
AYES: Benton, Farkas, Jester, Oppenheim, Seiden, Struthers (6)
NAYS: None (0 )
ABSENT: None (0)
ABSTAIN: None (0)
APPROVED this 19th day of December '2011.
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
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Village resident