Illinois Municipal Code — Municipal Zoning Enabling Act (IL)

Tracked preemption from the Illinois overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
1961-07-01
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:IL

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

AND
  • city.population < 25000
  • NOT
    • city.is_home_rule == True

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
review_typeoverridedillons_rule_enabling_actNon-home-rule municipalities are bound by procedural and substantive limits of §§11-13-1 to 11-13-25
amendment_supermajority_required_pctfloor_at66.67§11-13-7 requires 2/3 supermajority for amendments protested by owners of ≥20% of frontage

Citation

Authority source
65 ILCS 5/11-13-1 through 5/11-13-26
§ 65 ILCS 5/11-13-1 et seq.
https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs4.asp?DocName=006500050HArt.+11+Div.+13

Research notes

Dillon's-Rule enabling act for non-home-rule municipalities. Grants power to classify districts, regulate height, bulk, lot coverage, density, setbacks, parking, and land use. Codifies notice/hearing/ZBA procedural due process. Home-rule cities are NOT bound by procedural requirements unless expressly applied (Chicago operates entirely under MCC Title 17 grounded in home-rule).