Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) The
chief elected official of a county or municipality may request in writing the
approval of the Director for a landmark ordinance. The following documentation
shall accompany the request:
1) a copy of the
ordinance for which approval is requested,
2) a list, including the common addresses and
verbal boundary descriptions of all individual properties and historic
districts designated under the ordinance,
3) a description and statement of
significance for all designated individual properties and historic districts
which includes representative photographic views,
4) a map indicating the location of
individual landmarks and historic districts, and
b) Within forty-five days of receipt of the
request and the documentation required in Section
4150.60(a),
the Director shall approve the ordinance by letter to the chief elected
official if the documentation indicates compliance with criteria for
designation of landmarks and historic districts established by the United
States Department of the Interior for the inclusion of properties in the
National Register of Historic Places ( 36 CFR 60, 1983), and if the ordinance
contains provisions for the following:
1)
authorization for historic preservation under (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 24,
par. 11-48.2 et seq.), the Illinois Historic Areas Preservation Act (Ill. Rev.
Stat. 1983, ch. 127, par. 133d-1 et seq.), the Illinois Zoning Enabling Act
(Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 24, par. 11-13.1), or the Home Rule section of the
Illinois Constitution (Section 6 (a) of Article VII),
2) a statement of purpose
3) establishment of a historic review
commission which shall
A) have no fewer than
five members
B) have demonstrated
expertise in the disciplines of history, architectural history, historic
architecture, architecture, community planning, real estate, neighborhood
conservation, historic preservation, or related field,
C) have staggered terms of office for
members,
D) hold meetings at
regular intervals at least four times each year,
4) criteria for designation of landmarks
and/or historic districts that are consistent with those established by the
United States Department of the Interior for the inclusion of properties in the
National Register of Historic Places ( 36 CFR 60, 1983),
5) a process for designation of historic
districts and/or landmarks,
6) a
definition of actions that merit review by the historic review commission which
shall include demolitions and major alterations,
7) standards and criteria for review of
actions within the jurisdiction of the historic review commission,
and
8) procedural due process such
as notification and an appeal procedures.
