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Carbondale council adopts 1.5-mile extraterritorial zoning boundary language and will consult Murphysboro on western line
Summary
Council approved a resolution to include proposed 1.5-mile extraterritorial zoning boundary information in the 2025 comprehensive plan and directed staff to begin discussions with the City of Murphysboro about the western boundary.
The Carbondale City Council on April 10 voted to adopt a resolution approving the city —3mile extraterritorial zoning boundary to be included in the 2025 comprehensive plan and directed staff to begin discussions with the City of Murphysboro to determine the western boundary line.
Staff explained the extraterritorial jurisdiction allows the city authority to enforce zoning and subdivision regulations up to 1.5 miles outside the city limits, a practice used to manage future growth. The planning commission reviewed the boundary and recommended it be established as shown in Exhibit A, with the exception of the western edge. For the western boundary, staff recommended inserting the language in the comprehensive plan that the western boundary "to be determined by an intergovernmental agreement between Carbondale and Murphysboro," and in the interim to enforce the 2010 comprehensive plan boundary where Murphysboro has not annexed eastward.
Public commenters asked practical questions about whether projects would be impacted or how incentives could be used in the extraterritorial area. City staff and the community development manager (John Lenzini) said there were no present projects affected and that defining the boundary now is intended to reduce future disputes and potential litigation if both municipalities try to exercise authority over the same territory.
Don Monti and other residents asked what would happen if Murphysboro declined to negotiate or insisted on a boundary Carbondale could not accept; staff legal counsel said overlapping assertions of jurisdiction could become contentious and potentially result in litigation if both cities attempted to exercise control over the same parcels.
After council discussion, a roll-call vote approved the resolution; the transcript records yes votes by Councilmember Ry Sanders, Councilmember Doherty, Councilmember Hill, Councilmember Maxwell and Mayor Harvey. The motion passed.
