Title
Ordinance amending Section 94.63 of the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances relating to hearing costs.
Staff Summary
• Staff proposes to increase the Administrative Adjudication (AA) hearing cost, which was last updated in 2012.
• The proposal to increase the hearing cost from $50 to $75 accounts for inflationary costs to operations over time and is designed to achieve cost parity with other counties governed by the same administrative adjudication statute.
Body
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board has the authority to implement the process of Administrative Adjudication within Lake County, Illinois pursuant to Chapter 55, Section 5/5- 43005 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes; and
WHEREAS, on September 13, 2011, the Lake County Board adopted the Lake County Administrative Adjudication Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board incorporated the Lake County Administrative Adjudication Ordinance into the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances as Chapter 94 of the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances on February 10, 2015; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Code requires periodic review to maintain relevancy and address changing conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Planning, Building and Development Department prepared a draft ordinance text amendment to increase the Administrative Adjudication hearing cost from $50 to $75, and
WHEREAS, your Planning, Building, Zoning and Environment Committee duly considered the proposed text amendment aforedescribed and recommends that the text amendment as specified in Exhibit A be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois that the amendment to Chapter 94 of the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances as attached in Exhibit A be adopted and made effective immediately; and
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Clerk of the County Board shall keep a record of this action.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on March 11, 2025.