Is there something in the water? I live in Aurora township myself, so we have well water rather than the city utilities, but after reading up on the most recent news regarding Planned Parenthood’s deceptive arrival in my hometown, I couldn’t help but think that most of the city is being poisoned into believing our elected officials are still actually looking out for what’s best for the community.
Earlier this month, the City issued a Final Certificate of Occupancy to the Planned Parenthood, granting permanent legal status to the monstrous abortion clinic. Never mind the fact that they still haven’t actually zoned their parcel to be used for medical purposes in the first place.
The zoning board, the city council, the mayor, all seem to be more than willing to take a slap in the face from Planned Parenthood than to dare even think of enforcing the law and the legal process.
Peter Breen, attorney for the Thomas More Society (and a personal hero of mine) had this to say:
Planned Parenthood has made a mockery of Aurora’s development process… They have brazenly committed fraud against the city and have strong-armed their illegal non-profit ‘business’ into the backyards of citizens who were given no voice to oppose the building of this Wal-Mart sized abortion facility. It is time for the ‘City of Lights’ to shine a harsh light on Planned Parenthood’s dirty tactics.
Lies and deception are part of Planned Parenthoods modus operandi.
Dear Greg,
You are mistaken. The zoning for that section does allow for medical clinics. It does not allow for hospitals, but it does allow for out-patient medical clinics.
Jane,
My apologies for not specifying: Planned Parenthood has not properly completed the zoning process on their Aurora parcel for non-profit health related service facilities.
A non-profit health service facility is required by the Aurora Zoning Ordinance to obtain a special use permit. To my knowledge, Planned Parenthood has not obtained it, as the process of obtaining one involves a public notice as well as public hearings and a majority vote in the City Council.
Dear Greg,
The clinic is not a provider of “health related service”, it is a medical clinic. The services they provide are not “related” to health services, they are health services. FVFAPP and the Thomas More Society are deliberately misreading the statute.
As I noted above, medical clinics do not require special use permits. This is, unfortunately for whomever is funding it, an exercise in tilting at windmills. Hopefully Thomas More is doing the right thing, and providing their legal services pro bono.
How can it be that a clinic that provides health services not be related to health services? I can’t see how that makes sense.
Also, you never “noted above” in reference to any special use permits. You merely said it was zoned for a medical facility. Then I apologized for not specifying that even if they zoned their parcel, they have yet to obtain this special use permit.
It also stands to reason that they would be required to do this. Aurora University is less than a mile from my house, and every time they purchase residential parcels around my neighborhood to expand their campus, a huge public notice is placed on the lot announcing a hearing that will take place for a zoning change.
Why should Aurora expect anything less from a health clinic? Planned Parenthood nonetheless..
To answer your first question, briefly, “health related facility” is not the same thing as “health facility.” A more complete answer is because there are two different categories in the statute, and rules of statutory interpretation state that when you have two separate terms in one statute, they mean two separate things. If the drafters of the Zoning ordinance had intended for “health related facility” to mean the same thing as “medical clinic”, they would have used the same term for both items. They did not. They used two.
One is “medical clinic” with a definition of what constitutes a “medical clinic” and which does not require a special use permit. The PP clinic provides medical services and fits the Zoning Ordinance’s definition of medical clinc.
The second (the one you are referring to) is a sub-use category on Table 1 of the statute, and is more fully stated as “Social Service Agencies, Charitable Organizations, Health Related Facilities, and similar uses when not operated for pecuniary profit.” The statute does not provide a definition for these terms, however, you are correct, those items do require a special use permit.
And of course it stands to reason that some things require public hearings, but I have yet to see a podiatrist being forced to undergo a public hearing before opening a clinic.
dear jane,
if ppclinics were operating as a medical clinic
they would have to respect the proper handling of medical records and operate within the full context of medical law ‘do no harm’. as it is pp clinics are suspect and are battling several law suites regarding care of the patient ,and reports of covering for perpetrators , protecting child abusers and failing to report perpetrators, all of which pp is involved in a great cover up scandal.
jane, why would anyone , no any town , city or village welcome a medical clinic with that kind of reputation. whose health is aurora’s city council protecting ….perpetrators…well here yee all perpetrators you dont need to travel to new york anymore, aurora wants you. thanks council memebers for doing your legal homework to keep aurora and illinois , for that matter safer than ever.