G38-89 •
Ordinance No. G38-89
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CHAPTER 18.36 ENTITLED STORMWATER CONTROL OF THE
ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE, 1976, AS AMENDED
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section I. That Chapter 18.36 entitled Stormwater Control of the Elgin Municipal
Code, 1976, as amended, be and is hereby further amended by amending Section
18.36.050(G) to read as follows:
G. Compensatory Storage. Such filling as may be required or
permitted in this title for a five acre or more building site, or as may
otherwise be done in the base flood area, which eliminates space previously
available for storing and moving floodwater, shall be compensated for or
balanced by at least an equal volume of excavation in the base channels,
such excavation shall be made opposite, immediately adjacent or just
upstream to the area so filled. The compensatory storage area, when
excavated and constructed, shall drain freely and openly to the water-
course. Compensatory storage shall not be required for developments
under five acres in total size, or for sites which are to be filled which can
be shown to impact the adjoining B.F.E. by less than one/tenth (0.1) foot.
This change in elevation shall be based upon the original computer model as
ft developed by F.E.M.A. and certified by a professional engineer.
Section 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provi-
sions of this ordinance be and are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and publication in the manner provided by law.
s/ George VanDeVoorde
George VanDeVoorde, Mayor
Presented: April 26, 1 989
Passed: April 26 , 1989
Vote: Yeas 6 Nays 0
Recorded:
Published:
Attest:
s/ Marie Yearman
Marie Yearman, City Clerk