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620 ILCS 5/48 (2026)

Standards for issuing certificates of approval

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(620 ILCS 5/48) (from Ch. 15 1/2, par. 22.48)
    Sec. 48. Standards for issuing certificates of approval. In determining whether it shall issue a certificate of approval for any airport or restricted landing area, or any alteration or extension thereof, the Department shall take into consideration its proposed location, size and layout, the relationship of the proposed airport or restricted landing area to the then current national airport plan, the then current Federal airways system, the then current State airport plan, and the then current State airways system, whether there are safe areas available for expansion purposes, whether the adjoining area is free from obstructions based on a proper glide ratio, the nature of the terrain, the nature of the uses to which the proposed airport or restricted landing area will be put, the possibilities for future development, and such other factors as, under the circumstances, it regards as having an important bearing thereon.
(Source: Laws 1945, p. 335.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2002–2003 · leading case: People Ex Rel. Birkett v. City of Chicago, 779 N.E.2d 875 (Ill. 2002).
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People Ex Rel. Birkett v. City of Chicago, 779 N.E.2d 875 (Ill. 2002). “” 620 ILCS 5/48 (West 2000). Again, nothing in the preceding language reflects any degree of legislative concern with an airport’s terminal or ground transportation facilities.”
Philip v. Daley, 790 N.E.2d 961 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “At times, they point out specific substantive requirements of the Aeronautics Act that they find objectionable, such as section 48’s directive that IDOT consider the effect of the proposed development on “the then current State airport plan” (620 ILCS 5/48 (West 2000)). However,…”
People v. City of Chicago (Ill. 2002). “” 620 ILCS 5/48 (West 2000). Again, nothing in the preceding language reflects any degree of legislative concern with an airport’s terminal or ground transportation facilities.”
Philip v. Daley (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “At times, they point out specific substantive requirements of the Aeronautics Act that they find objectionable, such as section 48's directive that IDOT consider the effect of the proposed development on "the then current State airport plan" (620 ILCS 5/48 (West 2000)). However,…”
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