O-06-14VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 0 -06 -14
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE LAKE COUNTY
WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE
PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE
AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, this
4th day of April , 2006.
Published in pamphlet form
by authority of the President
and Board of Trustees of the
Village of Deerfield, Lake and
Cook Counties, Illinois, this
4th day of April , 2006:
VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD
LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 0 -06 -14
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE LAKE COUNTY
WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the County of Lake, pursuant to the powers granted to it by 55 ILCS 5/5 -1062,
has adopted certain amendments to the Lake County Watershed Development Ordinance ( "WDO ")
on November 8, 2005 and January 10, 2006, establishing rules and regulations for floodplain and
stormwater management throughout the County of Lake and superseding any less restrictive
municipal rules and regulations therein; and,
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Deerfield have previously
adopted Ordinance No. 0 -92 -38 and Ordinance No. 0- 00 -35, adopting the Lake County Watershed
Development Ordinance, as amended, as the Village of Deerfield Stormwater Management Code;
and,
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Deerfield have
determined that it is in the best interests of the Village of Deerfield to require all development to
meet the minimum standards prescribed by the Watershed Development Ordinance to the fullest
extent practicable; and,
WHEREAS, three (3) copies of the Lake County Watershed Development Ordinance have
been on file in the office of the Village Clerk at the Village of Deerfield and available for public
inspection for not less than thirty (30) days prior to the adoption of this Ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS, in
the exercise of its home rule powers, as follows:
SECTION 1: That the above and foregoing recitals, being material to this Ordinance, are
incorporated and made a part of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: That the Lake County Watershed Development Ordinance, as amended by the
County of Lake_ on November 8, 2005 and January 10, 2006, be and the same is hereby adopted by
reference as the Village of Deerfield Stormwater Management Code as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 3: That in the event that the rules, regulations, terms or conditions imposed
pursuant to the Lake County Watershed Development Ordinance, as hereby adopted, are either more
restrictive or less restrictive than comparable rules, regulations, terms or conditions imposed by any
other applicable rule, regulation, resolution, ordinance, statute or law, then the more restrictive rules,
regulations, terms or conditions shall govern.
SECTION 4: That Chapter 20 entitled "Subdivisions and Stormwater" of the Municipal
Code of the Village of Deerfield is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the
following:
That the Lake County Watershed Development Ordinance, as
amended by the County of Lake on November 8, 2005 and January
10, 2006, of which not less than three (3) copies have been and are
now on file in the office of the Village Clerk, is adopted and
incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth herein and
shall be known as the "Amended and Restated Village of Deerfield
Stormwater Management Code," and from the effective date of this
Ordinance the provisions hereof shall be controlling within the
corporate limits of the Village of Deerfield.
SECTION 5: That all ordinances and resolutions, or parts thereof, in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are, to the extent of such conflict, expressly repealed.
SECTION 6: That this Ordinance, and each of its terms, shall be the effective legislative act
of a home rule municipality without regard to whether such Ordinance should: (a) contain terms
contrary to the provisions of current or subsequent non - preemptive state law; or, (b) legislate in a
manner or regarding a matter not delegated to municipalities by state law. It is the intent of the
corporate authorities of the Village of Deerfield that to the extent that the terms of this Ordinance
should be inconsistent with any non - preemptive state law, this Ordinance shall supersede state law in
that regard within its jurisdiction.
SECTION 7: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law.
PASSED this 4th day of April , 2006.
AYES: Benton, Feldman, Rosenthal, Seiden, Struthers, Wylie (6)
NAYS: None (0)
ABSENT: None (0)
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED this 4th
ATTEST:
Village C erk
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