Chapter 15.60 FLOOD HAZARD PROTECTION REGULATIONS
Section 15.60.080 Other development requirements.
The city council shall take into account flood hazards, to
the extent that they are known, in all
official actions related to land management, use and development.
A. New subdivisions, manufactured
home parks, annexation agreements, planned unit
developments (PUDs) and additions to manufactured home parks and subdivisions shall meet the
requirements of Sections 15.60.060 and 15.60.070. Plats or plans for new subdivisions,
manufactured home parks, and planned unit developments (PUDs) shall include a signed
statement by a registered professional engineer that the plat or plan accounts for changes in the
drainage of surface waters in accordance with the Plat Act (Illinois Revised Statutes, Chapter
109, Section 2).
B. Proposals for new subdivisions,
manufactured home parks, planned unit developments
(PUDs) and additions to manufactured home parks and subdivisions shall include base flood
elevation data. Where the base flood elevation is not available from an existing study filed with
the Illinois State Water Survey, the applicant shall be responsible for calculating the base flood
elevation and submitting it to the State Water Survey for review and approval as best available
elevation data. (Ord. 819 § 8, 1990)
15.60.080