title
PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT TO COOK COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE - 13.2.2. DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND ZONING AND THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Appendix A, Zoning, Article 13, Administration and Enforcement, Section 13.2.2 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
13.2.2. Duties of the Zoning Administrator.
A. Administration of this ordinance shall be exercised through a person in the Department of Building and Zoning designated as the Zoning Administrator. The Zoning Administrator shall be appointed by the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
B. Duties of the Zoning Administrator shall be as follows:
1. Issue, upon request, a letter verifying the zoning classification of property to a person who is entitled to initiate a zoning amendment including interpretations giving the meaning and intent of provisions of this ordinance.
2. Maintain permanent and current records of this ordinance including, but not limited to, all maps, map amendments, special uses, planned unit developments, variances variations, appeals and related applications.
3. Provide and maintain a source of public information for all matters arising out of this ordinance.
4. Receive, file and forward to the Zoning Committee of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, applications for special uses and map amendments. The Zoning Administrator shall not forward applications which fail to comply with this ordinance.
5. Receive, file and forward to the Zoning Board of Appeals applications for variances variations, special uses, appeals and other matters which the Zoning Board of Appeals is required to act upon as provided in this ordinance. The Zoning Administrator shall reject applications for variations which are not authorized by this ordinance.
6. Review properties subject to legal action which have resulted in the invalidation of zoning under this ordinance and change official zoning maps to reflect court decrees.
7. Review properties which have been disconnected from a municipality, or which have come within the jurisdiction of Cook County as the result of the dissolution of a municipality, and recommend to the Zoning Board of Appeals amendments for reclassification of properties.
8. Determine use, lot and bulk requirements provided in this ordinance.
9. Forward plans to the Cook County Superintendent of Highways for proposed uses which provide one hundred parking spaces for Highway Department review comment and approval pursuant to this article.
10. Duties as the Cook County Board of Commissioners shall by ordinance, resolution or direction provide.
Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption
end