Peoria Standard

City of West Peoria Land Use Committee met June 7.

Here is the agenda provided by the Committee:

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Additions to/or deletions to agenda

4. Approval of Minutes – May, 2017

5. Review of Monthly Financial Report

6. Enterprise Zone

7. Public Comment

8. Nuisance Properties

9. Reports

a. Code Enforcement Report

b. City Administrator’s Report

10. Old Business

a. Litter Program

b. Review Ordinance 2017-17 An Ordinance Amending the Regulations Regarding the Storage of Wood and Lumber to Lower the Required Storage Height

c. Review Home Occupation Application

d. Review of foreclosure and vacant properties listing

e. Review Empty Lots

11. New Business

12. Public Comment

13. Adjournment

The next regular meeting of the Land Use Committee is Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at 6:30 p.m.

Upcoming Calendars:

June (Schedule change eff. June 1); July; August:

6/7 Finance (5:30) & Land Use (6:30); 7/5 Finance (5:30) & Land Use (6:30); 8/2 Finance (5:30) & Land Use (6:30).

6/13 City Council (7:00); 7/11 City Council; 8/8 City Council.

6/21 Transportation (5:30) & Public Safety (6:30); 7/19 Transportation (5:30) & Public Safety (6:30); 8/16 Transportation (5:30) & Public Safety (6:30).

6/27 Plan Commission (5:30) & City Council (7:00); 7/25 Plan Commission (5:30) & City Council (7:00); 8/22 Plan Commission (5:30) & City Council (7:00).

Goals:

1. Continue to revisit Property Maintenance Code and amend when/if necessary.

2. Periodically oversee rental property registration system.

3. Review City Code book ordinances pertaining to Land Use and pursue amendments where needed.

4. Weeds and grass issue

5. Residential TIF District

6. Review list of City owned properties and look at possible sale of them.

7. Enterprise Zone (added at the 07/15/2015 Land Use meeting at the request of the committee)

Illinois Municipal League – Municipal Calendar:

www.iml.org (For online access to the entire municipal calendar, go to iml.org, then choose the tab marked “Advocate”, then choose “Legal”, then choose Municipal Calendar)

*Please note that this information is being taken directly from the IML site and not ALL items are specific to West Peoria.

Duties that are to be performed in the month of July.

Note: For purposes of this calendar, it is assumed the fiscal year begins May 1st, as it does in most municipalities outside of Chicago. Some municipalities, however, may have adopted a date different from May 1st for the beginning of their fiscal year. 65 ILCS 5/1-1-2(5). If so, this calendar must be adjusted to reflect that specific fiscal year.

104. The annual appropriation ordinance must be passed during the first quarter of the fiscal year in municipalities with populations of less than 500,000. 65 ILCS 5/8-2-9.

105. A quarterly statement of the inspectors of the house of corrections must be submitted to the comptroller who then submits the statement to the corporate authorities for approval. 65 ILCS 5/11-4-5.

106. On July 1, the annual report of the inspector of weights and measures in municipalities with a population of 25,000 or more is to be made to the Director of Agriculture. 225 ILCS 470/19.

107. On or before the first day of August, a report of delinquent special assessments and special taxes is to be made by the collector. 65 ILCS 5/9-2-82.

108. Those persons or entities required to file a report under the Lobbyist Registration Act must do so by July 31. Thirty days after filing in accordance with the Lobbyist Registration Act, the lobbyist shall notify each official on whose behalf an expenditure has been made. Notification shall include the name of the registrant, the total amount of the expenditure, the date on which expenditure occurred, and the subject matter of the lobbying activity. 25 ILCS 170/6. Individuals required to register must provide a copy of the report to each official listed in the report at least 25 days before the deadline for filing (July 31). 25 ILCS 170/6.5.

109. On or before August 1 of each calendar year, every law enforcement agency is required to submit racial profiling information and other data required to be collected from traffic stops during January through June of the previous calendar year to the Illinois Department of Transportation. 625 ILCS 5/11- 212.

http://cityofwestpeoria.org/files/1714/9651/1252/2017_06_07__Land_Use_Agenda.pdf