O-73-20ORDINANCE NO.0-73- 20
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22.901 OF
ARTICLE IX OF CHAPTER 22 OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF DEERFIELD
(FLOOD WAY)
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS,
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION That Section 22.901 of Article IX of Chapter 22 of the
ONE: Municipal Code of Deerfield of 1963, as amended, be and
the same is hereby further amended by adding the following:
"No building or structure of any kind shall be erected or maintained or
moved within that area of a flood plain hereinafter described and desig-
nated as the flood -way, and no fill, material or substance of any kind
shall be deposited on any premises within the flood -way without a permit is-
s:uedl by the Building Commissioner and then only if an equivalent amount
of material is removed from the premises and the deposited material is
spread or otherwise deposited in such a manner as not to cause any
greater obstruction to flood waters than the condition of the premises
prior to such deposit. The provisions of this paragraph shall not be
applicable to the reconstruction of buildings and structures which have
been destroyed by fire or other casualty, providing reconstruction is
commenced within one (1) year of the date of destruction.
The term "flood- way ", as used in this Section, shall mean that portion
of the flood plain outlined and identified as "flood -way" on the Flood
Plain Topographical Map - North Branch of the Chicago River, Lake
and Cook Counties, Illinois, 1972, prepared by the United States
Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service and on file
in the office of the Building Commissioner."
SECTION That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
TWO: herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby
repealed.
SECTION That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
THREE: from and after its passage and approval as provided by
law.
AYES: FOUR (4)
NAYS: NONE (0)
ABSENT: Two � (2)
PASSED this 2nd day of April , A;D. 1973.
APPROVED this 2nd day of April , A.D. 1973.
ATTEST: VILLAGE PRESIDENT
VILLIAGEPCLERK