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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
PUBLIC UTILITIES
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Title 5, Public Utilities, Chapter 2, Franchises, Sections 5-2A-1, 5-2A-2, 5-2A-4, 5-2A-6, 5-2A-9, 5-2B-1, 5-2B-2, 5-2B-4, 5-2B-9 and Appendix A of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
5-2A-1: - New Licenses.
Upon receipt of a properly completed license application and a non-refundable one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,000.001,500.00) application fee the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (FPD) will begin initial administrative processing of the application for consideration by appropriate FPD staff. FPD Staff shall then review the application and attached plans to determine the applicable License Review Fee and feasibility of granting the requested license to the applicant. Applications will be reviewed based on, among other things, the potential damage construction or operation of the proposed facilities could have on FPD property, location of the proposed facilities, type of facilities proposed, and number of trees to be impacted. Based on this review the FPD may reject the request outright or may request revisions to the proposed plans that would make the proposal acceptable to the FPD. Under no circumstances will licenses be issued for areas that are dedicated Illinois Nature Preserves, high quality natural areas identified by the FPD and shown on the FPD's GIS system as "license exclusion zones", or areas covered by conservation easements.
Sec. 5-2A-2. Acceptable Application and Plans.
If the submitted (or revised) application and plans are found to be acceptable by the FPD staff, the FPD will draw up a license that, if approved by the Board of Forest Preserve District Commissioners, would grant the licensee authority to locate, operate, and maintain the facilities for which the application and plans were submitted. Said license will include, among other things, the term for which the license will be issued, the f...
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