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O-63-51ORDINANCE NO. 0 -63-51 AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE_ DEERFIELD Whereas the question of making the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the Village'of Deerfield has been referred to the Plan Commission for a public hearing, and the Plan Commission has held such public hearing after, due notice as required by law: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Deerfield that the Ordinance for the Comprehensive Amendment of the Zoning Ordinance, enacted May 4, 1953, is•hereby.amended by adding the following paragraph to Section XVII. thereof :. Section XVII - C. ADDITIONAL SETBACK REGULATIONS l.' No new or existing building or structure shall be erected or moved within,a flood plain unless the lowest floor including the basement floor is at an elevation which is not less than,•two (2) feet above the Flood Base Elevation for the site; provided, however, that basement floors may be erected below such elevation when the top of any basement wall or the bottom of any opening therein is not less than two feet above such ele- vation and the construction of such basement complies with such special requirements as may from time to time be adopted by the Village of Deerfield. 2. Flood Base Elevation = that elevation of the highest flood or record, as reported by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey in the report "Floods in Highland Park Quadrangle, Illinois" and as shown for specific locations on the Flood Plain Map 6n file i•n the office of the Building Commissioner. The•controlling flood base elevation for any building site shall be the same as the flood base elevation, as interpolated by the Building Commissioner, at the nearest point of the water course as measured on a line perpendicular to the direction of the water course. 3• Filling - the filling of lands where the existing ground elevation is less than the flood base elevation shall be permitted provided, (a) that the fill material is obtained from adjacent areas lying below the flood base elevation or (b) that the fi -11 material obtained elsewhere -is offset by the removal of an equivalent volume of material obtained in the immediat6_vicinity of the building site from elevations lower than the flood base elevation. If fill or any type of construction which would displace flood waters is placed within the flood plain, a flood reservoir shall be constructed (the bottom of which shall not be lower than the bottom of the adjacent water course) equal in volume to the volume 6f such fill or construction deposited below the flood base elevation. Each such flood reservoir shall have adequate provision foc drainage to the waterway. The deepening of a water course is permitted, but the material removed must not be deposited below the flood base elevation, except in accordance with (b) above. The place - ment of fill material shall parallel the water course. Passed this 21st day of October, 1963. Attest: Village Clerk APPROVED: David C. Whitney Village President Published: October 31, 1963 in the Deerfid d Review. a -�,3,5 AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE DEERFIELD Whereas the question of making the following amendment to the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Deerfield has been referred to the Plan Commission for a public hearing, and the Plan Commission has held such public hearing after due notice as required by law: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Deerfield that the Ordi- nance for the Comprehensive Amendment of the Zoning Ordinance, enacted May 4, 1953,_ is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph to Section XVII thereof: Section XVII -C. ADDITIONAL SETBACK REGULATIONS 1. No new or existing building or structure shall be erected or moved within a flood plain unless the lowest floor including the basement floor is at an elevation which is not less than two (2) feet above the Flood Base Elevation for the site; provided, however, that basement floors may be_ erected below such elevation when the top of any basement wall or the bottom of any opening therein is not less than two feet above such elevation and the construction of such basement complies with such special requirements as may from time to time be adopted by the Village of Deerfield. 2. F1oo 4 Base Elevation - that elevation of the highest fl000d of record, as reported by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey in the report "Floods in Highland Park Quadrangle, Illinois" and as shown for specific locations on the Flood Plain Map on file in the office of the Building Commissioner. The controlling flood base elevation for any building site shall be the same as the flood base elevation, as interpolated by the Building Commissioner, at the nearest point of the water course as measured on a line perpendicu- lar to the direction of the watercourse. 3. Filling - the filling of lands where the existing ground elevation is less than the flood base elevation shall be permitted provided, (a) that the fill material is obtained from adjacent areas lying below the flood base elevation or (b) that the fill material obtained elsewhere'is offset by the removal of an equivalent volume of material obtained in the immediate vicinity of the building site from elevations lower than the flood base elevation. If fill or any type of construction -1- v which would displace flood waters is placed within the flood plain, a flood reservoir shall be constructed (the bottom of which shall not be lower than the bottom of the adjacent water course) equal in volume to the volume of such fill*or construction deposited below the flood base elevation. Each such flood reservoir shall have adequate provision for drainage to the waterway. The deepening of a water course is permitted, but the material removed must not be deposited below the flood base elevation, except in accordance with (b) above. The placement of fill material shall parallel the water course. Passed this �Q day of UNt,t�ti' , 1963. APPROVED: Village President Attest: Village Clerk I -2- OVER SIZE DOCUMENT ( MGM' TrHS LOCATION)