The county board of each county shall have the following authority:
         (1) to establish and appoint by ordinance a
    
preservation study committee and to take any reasonable temporary actions to protect potential landmarks and preservation districts during the term of an appointed preservation study committee;
        (2) to establish and appoint by ordinance a
    
preservation commission upon recommendation of a preservation study committee;
        (3) to conduct an ongoing survey of the county to
    
identify buildings, structures, areas, sites and landscapes that are of historic, archaeological, architectural, or scenic significance, and therefore potential landmarks or preservation districts;
        (4) to designate by ordinance landmarks and
    
preservation districts upon the recommendation of a preservation commission and to establish a system of markers, plaques or certificates for designated landmarks and preservation districts;
        (5) to prepare maps showing the location of landmarks
    
and preservation districts, publish educational information, and prepare educational programs concerning landmarks and preservation districts and their designation and protection;
        (6) to exercise any of the powers and authority in
    
relation to regional planning and zoning granted counties by Divisions 5-12 and 5-14, for the purpose of protecting, preserving, and continuing the use of landmarks and preservation districts;
        (7) to nominate landmarks and historic districts to
    
any state or federal registers of historic places;
        (8) to appropriate and expend funds to carry out the
    
purposes of this Division;
        (9) to review applications for construction,
    
alteration, removal or demolition affecting landmarks or property within preservation districts;
        (10) to acquire by negotiated purchase any interest
    
including conservation rights in landmarks or in property within preservation districts, or property immediately adjacent to or surrounding landmarks or preservation districts;
        (11) to apply for and accept any gift, grant or
    
bequest from any private or public source, including agencies of the federal or State government, for any purpose authorized by this Division;
        (12) to establish a system for the transfer of
    
development rights including, as appropriate, a mechanism for the deposit of development rights in a development rights bank, and for the transfer of development rights from that development rights bank in the same manner as authorized for municipalities by § 11-48.2-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code. All receipts arising from the transfer shall be deposited in a special county account to be applied against expenditures necessitated by the county program for the designation and protection of landmarks and preservation districts. Any development rights acquired, sold or transferred from a development rights bank, shall not be a “security” as that term is defined in Section 2.1 of the Illinois Securities Law of 1953, and shall be exempt from all requirements for the registration of securities.
        (13) to establish a loan or grant program from any
    
source of funds for designated landmarks and preservation districts and to issue interest bearing revenue bonds or general obligation bonds pursuant to ordinance enacted by the county board, after compliance with requirements for referendum, payable from the revenues to be derived from the operation of any landmark or of any property within a preservation district;
        (14) to abate real property taxes on any landmark or
    
property within a preservation district to encourage its preservation and continued use or to provide relief for owners unduly burdened by designation;
        (15) to advise and assist owners of landmarks and
    
property within preservation districts on physical and financial aspects of preservation, renovation, rehabilitation, and reuse;
        (16) to advise cities, villages, or incorporated
    
towns, upon request of the appropriate official of the municipality, concerning enactment of ordinances to protect landmarks or preservation districts;
        (17) to exercise within the boundaries of any city,
    
village, or incorporated town any of the powers and authority granted counties by this Division so long as the corporate authorities by ordinance or by intergovernmental agreement pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, or pursuant to Article VII, Section 10 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois have authorized the county preservation commission established by authority of this Division to designate landmarks or preservation districts within its corporate boundaries, and such county preservation commission shall have only those powers, duties, and legal authority provided in this Division;
        (18) to exercise any of the above powers to preserve
    
and protect property owned by any unit of local government including counties, or to review alteration, construction, demolition, or removal undertaken by any unit of local government including counties that affect landmarks and preservation districts.
        (19) to exercise any other power or authority
    
necessary or appropriate to carrying out the purposes of this Division, including those powers and authorities listed in Sections 5-30010 and 5-30011.
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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 55 ILCS 5/5-30004

  • County board: means the board of county commissioners in counties not under township organization, and the board of supervisors in counties under township organization, and the board of commissioners of Cook County. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.07
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Municipalities: has the meaning established in Section 1 of Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.27
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
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