HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 2061 - 8/22/1989 - FLOOD PLAIN REGULATIONSORDINANCE NO. 2061
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING DEVELOPMENT IN SPECIAL FLOOD
HAZARD AREAS AND RESCINDING ORDINANCE NOS. 1302 AND
1317 WHICH ESTABLISHED AND AMENDED THE FLOOD PLAIN
REGULATIONS OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Cook and Du Page Counties, Illinois:
Section 1: That Ordinance No. 1302, Regulations Development in
Special Flood Hazard Areas, duly passed and approved by the President and
Board of Trustees on May 22, 1979 is hereby repealed:
Section 2: That Ordinance No. 1317 which amended Ordinance No.
1302, duly passed and approved by the President and Board of Trustees on
July 10, 1979 is hereby repealed:
Section 3: That the Regulating Development in Special Flood Hazard
Areas of the Village of Elk Grove Village be adopted as follows:
SECTION
100.0 INDEX
200.0 PURPOSE
300.0 DEFINITIONS
400.0 HOW TO USE THIS ORDINANCE
500.0 DUTIES OF THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL
600.0 BASE FLOOD ELEVATION
700.0 OCCUPATION AND USE OF FLOOD FRINGE AREAS
800.0 OCCUPATION AND USE OF IDENTIFIED FLOODWAYS
900.0 OCCUPATION AND USE OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA
WHERE FLOODWAYS ARE NOT IDENTIFIED
1000.0 PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO ALL FLOOD
PLAIN AREAS AND PROTECTION OF BUILDING
1100.0 OTHER DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS
1200.0 VARIANCES
1300.0 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
1400.0 PENALTY
1500.0 ABROGATION AND GREATER RESTRICTIONS
1600.0 SEPARABILITY
1700.0 EFFECTIVE DATE
SECTION 200.0 PURPOSE:
This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to the police powers
granted to the Village of Elk Grove Village by the
Illinois Revised Statutes, Chapter 24, Sections 1-2-1,
11-12-12m, 11-30-8, and 11-31-2. The purpose of this
Ordinance is to maintain Elk Grove Village's
eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program; to
minimize potential losses due to periodic, flooding
including loss of life, loss of property, health and
safety hazards, disruption of commerce and governmental
services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood
protection and relief, and impairment of the tax base,
all of which adversely affect the public health, safety
and general welfare; and to preserve and enhance the
quality of surface waters, conserve economic and
natural values and provide for the wise utilization of
water and related land resources. This Ordinance is
adopted in order to accomplish the following specific
purposes:
200.1 To meet the requirements of Chapter 19, paragraph
65-g of the Illinois Revised Statutes, An Act in
Relation to the Regulation of the Rivers, Lakes and
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Streams of the State of Illinois, approved June 10,
1911, as amended.
200.2 To assure that new development does not increase
the flood or drainage hazards to others, or
creating unstable conditions susceptible to
erosion;
200.3 To protect new buildings and major improvements
to buildings from flood damage;
200.4 To protect human life and health from the hazards
of flooding;
200.5 To lessen the burden on the taxpayer for flood
control projects, repairs to flood -damaged public
facilities and utilities, and flood rescue and
relief operations; and
200.6 To make federally subsidized flood insurance
available for property in the Village by fulfilling
the requirements of the National Flood Insurance
Program.
200.7 To comply with the rules and regulations of the
National Flood Insurance Program codified as
44 CFR 59-79, as amended.
200.8 To protect, conserve, and promote the orderly
development of land and water resources;
200.9 To preserve the natural hydrologic and hydraulic
functions of watercourses and flood plains and to
protect water quality and aquatic habitats;
200.10 To preserve the natural characteristics of stream
corridors in order to moderate flood and storm -
water impacts, improve water quality, reduce soil
erosion, protect aquatic and riparian habitat,
provide recreational opportunities, provide
aesthetic benefits and enhance community and
economic development.
SECTION 300.0 DEFINITIONS:
300.1 "ACT" - An act in relation to the regulation of the
rivers, lakes and streams of the State of Illinois,
III.Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 19, par 52 et seq.
300.2 "APPLICANT" - Any person, firm, corporation or
agency which submits an application.
300.3 "APPROPRIATE USE" - Only uses of the regulatory
flood -way that are permissible and will be
considered for permit issuance. The only uses that
will be allowed are as specified in Section 802.0.
300.4 "BASE FLOOD" - The flood having a one -percent
probability of being equaled or exceeded in any
given year. The base flood is also known as the
100 -year frequency flood event. Application of the
base flood elevation at any location is as defined
in Section 600 of this Ordinance.
300.5 "BUILDING" - A structure that is principally above
ground and is enclosed by walls and a roof. The
term includes a gas or liquid storage tank, a
manufactured home, mobile home or a prefabricated
building. This term also includes recreational
vehicles and travel trailers to be installed on
a site for more than 180 days.
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300.6 "CHANNEL" - Any river, stream, creek, brook, branch,
natural or artificial depression, ponded area,
flowage, slough, ditch, conduit, culvert, gully,
ravine, wash, or natural or man-made drainageway,
which has a definite bed and banks or shoreline,
in or into which surface or groundwater flows,
either perennially or intermittently.
300.7 "CHANNEL MODIFICATION" - Alteration of a channel by
changing the physical dimensions or materials of
its bed or banks. Channel modification includes
damming, rip -rapping or other armoring, widening,
deepening, straightening, relocating, lining and
significant removal of bottom or woody vegetation.
Channel modification does not include the clearino
of dead or dying vegetation, debris, or trash from
the channel. Channelization is a severe form of
channel modification typically involving relocation
of the existing channel (e.g. straightening).
300.8 "COMPENSATORY STORAGE" - An artificially excavated,
hydraulically equivalent volume of storage within
the SFHA used to balance the loss of natural flood
storage capacity when artificial fill or structures
are placed within the flood plain. The
uncompensated loss of natural flood plain storage
can increase off-site floodwater elevations and
flows.
300.9 "CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF A REGULATORY FLOODWAY MAP
CHANGE" - Preconstruction approval by DWR and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency of a proposed
change to the floodway map. This preconstruction
approval, pursuant to this part, gives assurances
to the property owner that once an Appropriate Use
is constructed according to permitted plans, the
floodway map can be changed, as previously agreed,
upon review and acceptance of as -built plans.
300.10 "CONDITIONAL LETTER OF MAP REVISION (CLOMR)" - A
letter which indicates that the Federal Emergency
Management Agency will revise base flood
elevations, flood insurance rate zones, flood
boundaries or floodway as shown on an effective
Flood Hazard Boundary Map or Flood Insurance Rate
Map, once the as -built plans are submitted and
approved.
300.1 "CONTROL STRUCTURE" - A structure designed to
control the rate of flow that passes through the
structure, given a specific upstream and downstream
water surface elevation.
300.12 "DAM" - All obstructions, wall embankments or
barriers, together with their abutments and
appurtenant works, if any, constructed for the
purpose of storing or diverting water or creating
pool. Underground water storage tanks are not
included.
300.13 "DEVELOPMENT" - Any man-made change to real estate,
including:
a. Construction, reconstruction, repair, or
placement of a building or any addition to a
building.
b. Installing a manufactured home on a site,
preparing a site for a manufactured home, or
installing a travel trailer on a site for more
than 180 days.
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c. Drilling, mining, installing utilities,
construction of roads, bridges, or similar
projects.
d. Demolition of a structure or redevelopment of a
site.
e. Clearing of land as an adjunct of construction.
f. Construction or erection of levees, walls,
fences, dams, or culverts; channel
modification, filling, dredging, grading,
excavating, paving, or other non-agricultural
alterations of the ground surface; storage of
materials; deposit of solid or liquid waste;
g. Any other activity of man that might change the
direction, height, or velocity of flood or
surface water, including extensive vegetation
removal;
Development does not include maintenance of
existing buildings and facilities such as
re -roofing or re -surfacing of roads when there
is no increase in elevation, or gardening,
plowing, and similar agricultural practices
that do not involve filling, grading, or
construction of levees.
300.14 "DWR" - Illinois Department of Transportation,
Division of Water Resources.
300.15 "ELEVATION CERTIFICATES" - A form published by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency that is used to
certify the elevation to which a building has been
elevated.
300.16 "EROSION" - The general process whereby soils are
moved by flowing water or wave action.
300.17 "EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS" - Organizations which are
exempt from this Ordinance per the Illinois Revised
Statutes including state, federal or local units of
government.
300.18 "FEMA" - Federal Emergency Management Agency and
its regulations at 44CFR 59-79 effective as of
October 1, 1986. This incorporation does not
include any later editions or amendments.
300.19 "FLOOD" - A general and temporary condition of
partial or complete inundation of normally dry land
areas from overflow of inland or tidal waves, or
the unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of
surface waters from any source.
300.20 "FLOOD FREQUENCY" - A period of years, based on a
statistical analysis, during which a flood of a
stated magnitude may be expected to be equaled or
exceeded.
300.21 "FLOOD FRINGE" - That portion of the flood plain
outside of the regulatory floodway.
300.22 "FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS (FIRM)" - A map prepared
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that
depicts the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) within
a community. This map includes insurance rate
zones and flood plains and may or may not depict
floodways.
300.23 "FLOOD PLAIN" - That land typically adjacent to a
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body of water with ground surface elevations at or
below the base flood or the 100 -year frequency
flood elevation. Flood plains may also include
detached Special Flood Hazard Areas, ponding areas,
etc. The flood plain is also known as the Special
Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). The flood plains are
those lands within the jurisdiction of the Village
of Elk Grove Village that are subject to inundation
by the base flood or 100 -year frequency flood. The
SFHA's of the Village of Elk Grove Village are
generally identified as such on the Flood Insurance
Rate Map of the Village of Elk Grove Village
prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
and dated May 14, 1982. The SFHA's of those parts
of unincorporated Cook County that are within the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the Village of Elk
Grove Village or that may be annexed into the
Village of Elk Grove Village are generally
identified as such on the Flood Insurance Rate Map
prepared for Cook County by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency and dated April 15, 1981.
300.24 "FLOODPROOFING" - Any combination of structural
and non-structural additions, changes or
adjustments to structures which reduce or eliminate
flood damage to real estate or improved real
property, water and sanitary facilities, structures
and their contents.
300.25 "FLOODPROOFING CERTIFICATE" - A form published by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency that is
used to certify that a building has been designed
and constructed to be structurally dry flood -
proofed to the flood protection elevation.
300.26 "FLOOD PROTECTION ELEVATION (FPE)" - The elevation
of the base flood or 100 -year frequency flood plus
one foot of freeboard at any given location in the
SFHA.
300.27 "FREEBOARD" - An increment of elevation added to the
base flood elevation to provide a factor of safety
for uncertainties in calculations, unknown localized
conditions, wave actions and unpredictable effects
such as those caused by ice or debris jams.
300.28 "HYDROLOGIC AND HYDRAULIC CALCULATIONS" -
Engineering analysis which determine expected flood
flows and flood elevations based on land character-
istics and rainfall events.
300.29 "LETTER OF MAP AMENDMENT (LOMA)" - Official
determination by FEMA that a specific structure is
not in a 100 -year flood zone; amends the effective
Flood Hazard Boundary Map or FIRM.
300.30 "LETTER OF MAP REVISION (LOMR)" - Letter that
revises base flood or 100 -year frequency flood
elevations, flood insurance rate zones, flood
boundaries or floodways as shown on an effective
FHBM or FIRM.
300.31 "MANUFACTURED HOME" - A structure, transportable in
one or more sections, which is built on a permanent
chassis and is designated for use with or without a
permanent foundation when connected to the required
utilities. The term manufactured homes also
includes park trailers, travel trailers and other
similar vehicles placed on site for more than 180
consecutive days.
300.32 "MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION" - A parcel
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(or contiguous parcels) of land divided into two
or more manufactured home lots for rent or sale.
300.33 "MITIGATION" - Mitigation includes those measures
necessary to minimize the negative effects which
flood plain development activities might have on
the public health, safety and welfare. Examples
of mitigation include compensatory storage, soil
erosion and sedimentation control, and channel
restoration.
300.34 "NGVD" - National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
Reference surface set by the National Geodetic
Survey deduced from a continental adjustment of all
existing adjustments in 1929.
300.35 "NATURAL" - When used in reference to channels means
those channels formed by the existing surface
topography of the earth prior to changes made by
man. A natural stream tends to follow a meandering
path; its flood plain is not constrained by levees;
the area near the bank has not been cleared, mowed
or cultivated; the stream flows over soil and
geologic materials typical of the area with no
substantial alteration of the course or cross-
section of the stream caused by filling or
excavating. A modified channel may regain some
natural characteristics over time as the channel
meanders and vegetation is re-established.
Similarly, a modified channel may be restored to
more natural conditions by man through regrading
and revegetation.
300.36 "ORDINARY HIGH WATER MARK (OHWM)" - The point on
the bank or shore up to which the presence and
action of surface water is so continuous so as to
leave a distinctive mark such as by erosion,
destruction or prevention of terrestrial vegetation,
predominance of aquatic vegetation or other easily
recognized characteristics.
300.37 "PUBLIC FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT" - A flood control
project which will be operated and maintained by a
public agency to reduce flood damages to existing
buildings and structures which includes a hydrologic
and hydraulic study of the existing and proposed
conditions of the watershed. Nothing in this
definition shall preclude the design, engineering,
construction or financing, in whole or in part, of
a flood control project by persons or parties who
are not public agencies.
300.38 "PUBLICLY NAVIGABLE WATERS" - All streams and lakes
capable of being navigated by watercraft.
300.39 "REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR" - A land surveyor
registered in the State of Illinois, under the
Illinois Land Surveyors Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987,
ch. 111, pars. 3201-3234).
300.40 "REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER" - An engineer
registered in the State of Illinois, under The
Illinois Professional Engineering Act (Ill. Rev.
Stat. 1987, ch. 111, pars. 5101-5137).
300.41 "REGULATORY FLOODWAY" - The channel, including on-
stream lakes, and that portion of the flood plain
adjacent to a stream or watercourse as designated
by DWR, which is needed to store and convey the
existing and anticipated future 100 -year frequency
flood discharge with no more than a 0.1 foot in-
crease in stage due to the loss of flood conveyance
or storage, and no more than a 10% increase in
velocities. The regulatory floodways are
designated for Salt Creek on the Flood Boundary
and Floodway Map prepared by FEMA dated May 14,
1982 and on the Regulatory Flood Plain Map prepared
by DWR and dated July 1979. The regulatory flood -
ways for those parts of unincorporated Cook County
that are within the extraterritorial jurisdiction
of the Village of Elk Grove Village that may be
annexed into the Village of Elk Grove Village are
designated for Salt Creek on the Flood Boundary
and Floodway map prepared by FEMA and dated
April 15, 1981. To locate the regulatory
floodway boundary on any site, the regulatory
floodway boundary should be scaled off the
regulatory floodway map and located on a site plan,
using reference marks common to both maps. Where
interpretation is needed to determine the exact
location of the regulatory floodway boundary, the
Division should be contacted for the interpretation.
300.42 "REPAIR, REMODELING OR MAINTENANCE" - Development
activities which do not result in any increases in
the outside dimensions of a building or any changes
to the dimensions of a structure.
300.43 "RETENTION/DETENTION FACILITY" - A retention
facility stores stormwater runoff without a gravity
release. A detention facility provides for storage
of stormwater runoff and controlled release of this
runoff during and after a flood or storm.
300.44 "RIVERINE SFHA" - Any SFHA subject to flooding
from a river, creek, intermittent stream, ditch, or
stream lake system or any other identified channel.
This term does not include areas subject to
flooding from lakes, ponding areas, areas of sheet
flow, or other areas not subject to overbank
flooding.
300.45 "RUNOFF" - The water derived from melting snow or
rain falling on the land surface, flowing over the
surface of the ground or collected in channels or
conduits.
300.46 "SEDIMENTATION" - The processes that deposit soils,
debris, and other materials either on other ground
surfaces or in bodies of water or watercourses.
300.47 "SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA (SFHA)" - Any base flood
area subject to flooding from a river, creek,
intermittent stream, ditch, or any other identified
channel or ponding and shown on a Flood Hazard
Boundary Map or Flood Insurance Rate Map as Zone A,
A0, Al -30, AE, A99, AH, VO, V30, VE, V, M, or E.
300.48 "STRUCTURE" - The results of a man-made change to
the land constructed on or below the ground,
including the construction, reconstruction or place-
ment of a building or any addition to a building;
installing a manufactured home on a site; preparing
a site for a manufactured home or installing a
travel trailer on a site for more than 180 days.
300.49 "SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT" - Any repair,
reconstruction or improvement of a structure, the
cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the
market value of the structure either, (a) before
the improvement or repair is started, or (b) if the
structure has been damaged, and is being restored,
before the damage occurred. For the purposes of
this definition "substantial improvement" is
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considered to occur when the first alteration of
any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part
of the building commences, whether or not that
alteration affects the external dimensions of the
structure. The term does not, however, include
either (1) any project for improvement of a
structure to comply with existing state or local
health, sanitary, or safety code specifications
which are solely necessary to assure safe living
conditions or (2) any alteration of a structure
listed on the National Register of Historic Places
or a State Inventory of Historic Places.
300.50 "TRANSITION SECTION" - Reaches of the stream or
floodway where water flows from a narrow cross-
section to a wide cross-section or vice versa.
Section 400.0 HOW TO USE THIS ORDINANCE:
The Director of Engineering and Community
Development shall be responsible for fulfilling all
of the duties listed in Section 500.0.
To fulfill those duties, the Director of Engineering
and Community Development first should use the criteria
listed in Section 600.0, Base Flood Elevations, to
determine whether the development site is located
within a floodplain. Once it has been determined
that a site is located within a flood plain, the
Director of Engineering and Community Development must
determine whether the development site is within a
flood fringe, a regulatory floodway, or within a
SFHA or flood plain on which no floodway has been
identified. If the site is within a flood fringe,
the Director of Engineering and Community Develop-
ment shall require that the minimum requirements of
Section 700.0 be met. (If the site is within a
flood way, the Director of Engineering and
Community Development shall require that the
minimum requirements of Section 800.0 be met.) If
the site is located within a SFHA or flood plain
for which no detailed study has been completed and
approved, the Director of Engineering and Community
Development shall require that the minimum require-
ments of Section 900.0 be met.
In addition, the general requirements of Section
1000.0 shall be met for all developments meeting the
requirements of Section 700.0, 800.0, or 900.0. The
Director of Engineering and Community Development
shall assure that all subdivision proposals shall
meet the requirements of Section 1100.0.
If a variance is to be granted for a proposal, the
Director of Engineering and Community Development
shall review the requirements of Section 1200.0 to
make sure they are met. In addition, the Director
of Engineering and Community Development shall
complete all notification requirements.
In order to assure that property owners obtain
permits as required in this Ordinance, the Director
of Engineering and Community Development may take
any and all actions as outlined in Section 1400.0.
SECTION 500.0 DUTIES OF THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL(S)
The Director of Engineering and Community Development
shall be responsible for the general administration
and enforcement of this Ordinance which shall
include the following:
501.0 DETERMINING THE FLOOD PLAIN DESIGNATION.
Check all new development sites to determine
whether they are in a Special Flood Hazard Area
(SFHA). If they are in a SFHA, determine
whether they are in a floodway, flood fringe or in
a flood plain on which a detailed study has not
been conducted which drains more than one (1)
square mile.
502.0 PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER REVIEW. If the development
site is within a floodway or in a flood plain on
which a detailed study has not been conducted
which drains more than one (1) square mile then the
permit shall be referred to a registered
professional engineer (P.E.) under the employ or
contract of the Village of Elk Grove Village for
review to ensure that the development meets the
requirements of Section 800.0. In the case of an
Appropriate Use, the P.E. shall state in writing
that the development meets the requirements of
Section 800.0.
503.0 DAM SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. Ensure that an DWR Dam
Safety permit has been issued or a letter indicating
no Dam Safety permit is required, if the proposed
development activity includes construction of a dam
as defined in Section 300.12. Regulated dams may
include weirs, restrictive culverts or impoundment
structures.
504.0 OTHER PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. Ensure that any and all
required federal, state and local permits are
received prior to the issuance of a flood plain
development permit.
505.0 PLAN REVIEW AND PERMIT ISSUANCE. Ensure that all
development activities within the SFHAs of the
jurisdiction of the Village of Elk Grove Village
meet the requirements of this Ordinance and issue
flood plain development permit in accordance with
the provisions of this Ordinance and other
regulations of this community when the development
meets the conditions of this Ordinance.
506.0 INSPECTION REVIEW. Inspect all development
projects before, during and after construction to
assure proper elevation of the structure and to
ensure they comply with the provisions of this
Ordinance;
507.0 ELEVATION AND FLOODPROOFING CERTIFICATES.
Maintain in the permit files an Elevation
Certificate certifying the elevation of the lowest
floor (including basement) of a residential or
non-residential building or the elevation to which
a non-residential building has been floodproofed,
using a Floodproofing Certificate, for all buildings
subject to Section 1000.0 of this Ordinance for
public inspection and provide copies of same;
508.0 RECORDS FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. Maintain for public
inspection and furnish upon request base flood
data, SFHA and regulatory floodway maps, copies of
federal or state permit documents, variance
documentation, Conditional Letter of Map Revision,
Letter of Map Revision, Letter of Map Amendment and
"as built" elevation and floodproofing or elevation
and floodproofing certificates for all buildings
constructed subject to this Ordinance.
509.0 STATE PERMITS. Ensure that construction
authorization has been granted by the Illinois
Division of Water Resources, for all development
projects subject to Sections 800.0 and 900.0 of
this Ordinance, unless enforcement responsibility
has been delegated to the Village of Elk Grove
Village. Upon acceptance of this Ordinance by DWR
and FEMA, responsibility is hereby delegated to the
Village of Elk Grove Village as 92 III. Adm. Code
708 for construction in the regulatory floodway and
flood plain when floodways have not been defined in
Sections 800.0 and 900.0 of this Ordinance.
However, the following review approvals are not
delegated to the Village of Elk Grove Village and
shall require review or permits from DWR.
Organizations which are exempt from this
Ordinance, as per the Illinois Revised Statutes;
Department of Transportation projects, dams or
impoundment structures as defined in Section
300.12 and all other state, federal or local
unit of government projects, including projects
of the Village of Elk Grove Village and County
except for those projects meeting the
requirements of Section 802.5;
An engineer's determination that an existing
bridge or culvert crossing is not a source of
flood damage and the analysis indicating the
proposed flood profile, per Section 802.1(e);
An engineer's analysis of the flood profile due
to Section 802.1(d);
e. Alternative transition sections and
hydraulically equivalent compensatory storage
as indicated in Section 802.1(a, b and h);
f. Permit issuance of structures within or over
publicly navigable rivers, lakes and streams;
Any changes in the Base Flood Elevation or
floodway locations; and,
Base Flood Elevation determinations where none
now exist.
510.0 COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES. Cooperate with
state and federal flood plain management agencies
to improve base flood or 100 -year frequency flood
and floodway data and to improve the administration
of this Ordinance. Submit data to DWR and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency for proposed
revisions of a regulatory map. Submit reports as
required for the National Flood Insurance Program.
Notify the Federal Emergency Management Agency of
any proposed amendments to this Ordinance.
511.0 PROMULGATE REGULATIONS. Promulgate rules and
regulations as necessary to administer and enforce
the provisions of this Ordinance, subject however
to the review and approval of DWR and FEMA for any
Ordinance changes.
SECTION 600.0 BASE FLOOD ELEVATION:
This Ordinance's protection standard is based on the
Flood Insurance Study for the Village of Elk Grove
Village. If a base flood elevation or 100 -year
frequency flood elevation is not available for a
particular site, then the protection standard shall be
according to the best existing data available in the
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Illinois State Water Survey's Flood Plain information
Repository. When a party disagrees with the best
available data, he/she may finance the detailed
engineering study needed to replace existing data with
better data and submit it to DWR and FEMA.
601.0 The base flood or 100 -year frequency flood
elevation for the SFHAs of Salt Creek shall be as
delineated on the 100 -year flood profiles in the
Flood Insurance Study of the Village of Elk Grove
Village prepared by FEMA and dated May 14, 1982
and such amendments to such study and maps as may
be prepared from time to time.
602.0 The base flood or 100 -year frequency flood
elevation for the SFHAs of those parts of
unincorporated Cook County that are within the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the Village of Elk
Grove Village or that may be annexed into the
Village shall be as delineated on the 100 -year
flood profiles in the Flood Insurance Study of
County prepared by FEMA and dated April 15, 1981
and such amendments or revisions to such study
and maps as may be prepared from time to time.
603.0 The base flood or 100 -year frequency flood
elevation for each SFHA delineated as an "AH
Zone" or "AO Zone" shall be that elevation (or
depth) delineated on the Flood Insurance Rate Map
of the Village of Elk Grove Village.
604.0 The base flood or 100 -year frequency flood
elevation for each of the remaining SFHAs
delineated as an "A Zone" on the Flood Insurance
Rate Map of the Village of Elk Grove Village shall
be according to the best existing data available in
the Illinois State Water Survey Flood Plain
Information Repository. When no base flood or 100 -
year frequency flood elevation exists, the base
flood or 100 -year frequency flood elevation for a
riverine SFHA shall be determined from a backwater
model such as HEC -11, WSP-2, or a dynamic model
such as HIP. The flood flows used in the hydraulic
models shall be obtained from a hydrologic model
such as HEC -1 TR -20, or HIP, or by techniques
presented in various publications prepared by
the United States Geological Survey for estimating
peak flood discharges. Flood flows should be based
on anticipated future land use conditions in the
watershed as determined from adopted local and
regional land use plans. Along any water courses
draining more than one (1) square mile, the above
analysis shall be submitted to DWR for approval,
once approved it must be submitted to the Illinois
State Water Survey Floodplain Information
Repository for filing. For a non-riverine SFHA,
the Base Flood Elevation shall be the historic
Flood of Record plus three feet, unless calculated
by a detailed engineering study and approved by the
Illinois State Water Survey.
SECTION 700.0 OCCUPATION AND USE OF FLOOD FRINGE AREAS
701.0 Development Permit. No person, firm, corporation,
or governmental body not exempted by state law
shall commence any development in the SFHA without
first obtaining a development permit from the
Director of Engineering and Community Development.
701.1 Application for a development permit shall be made
on a form provided by the Director of Engineering
and Community Development. The application shall
be accompanied by drawings of the site, drawn to
scale, showing property line dimensions and legal
description for the property and sealed by a
licensed engineer, architect or land surveyor;
existing grade elevations in M.S.L., 1929 adj. datum
or N.G.V.D. and all changes in grade resulting from
excavation or filling; the location and dimensions
of all buildings and additions to buildings. For
all proposed buildings, the elevation of the lowest
floor (including basement) and lowest adjacent
grade shall be shown on the submitted plans and
the development will be subject to the
requirements of Section 1000.0 of this Ordinance.
701.2 Upon receipt of a development permit application,
the Director of Engineering and Community
Development shall compare the elevation of the
site to the base flood or 100 year frequency flood
elevation. Any development located on land that
can be shown to have been higher than the base
flood elevation as the sites first Flood Insurance
Rate Map identification is not in the SFHA and,
therefore, not subject to the requirements of this
Ordinance. The Building Official shall maintain
documentation of the existing ground elevation at
the development site and certification that this
ground elevation existed prior to the date of the
site's first Flood Insurance Rate Map
identification.
701.3 A soil erosion and sedimentation control plan for
disturbed areas shall be submitted. This plan
shall include a description of the sequence of
grading activities and the temporary sediment and
erosion control measures to be implemented to
mitigate their effects. This plan shall also
include a description of final stabilization and
revegetation measures, and the identification of
a responsible party to ensure post -construction
maintenance.
701.4 The Director of Engineering and Community Develop-
ment shall be responsible for obtaining from the
applicant, copies of all other local, state and
federal permits, approvals or permit -not -required
letters that may be required for this type of
activity. The Director of Engineering and
Community Development shall not issue a permit
unless all o�he'r local, state, and federal permits
have been obtained.
702.0 Preventing increased Damages. No development in
the flood fringe shall create a threat to public
health and safety.
702.1 If fill is being used to elevate the site above the
base flood or 100 year frequency flood elevation,
the applicant shall submit sufficient data and
obtain a letter of map revision (LOMR) from FEMA for
the purpose of removing the site from the flood
plain.
702.2 Compensatory Storage. Whenever any portion of a
flood plain is authorized for use, the volume of
space which will be occupied by the authorized fill
or structure below the base flood or 100 year
frequency flood elevation shall be compensated for
and balanced by a hydraulically equivalent volume
of excavation taken from below the base flood or
100 year frequency flood elevation. The excavation
volume shall be at least equal to 1.5 times the
volume of storage lost due to the fill or structure.
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In the case of streams and watercourses, such
excavation shall be made opposite or adjacent to
to the areas so filled or occupied. All flood plain
storage lost below the existing 10 year flood
elevation shall be replaced below the proposed 10
year flood elevation. All flood plain storage lost
above the existing 10 year flood elevation shall be
replaced above the proposed LO year flood elevation.
All such excavations shall be constructed to drain
freely and openly to the watercourse.
SECTION 800 OCCUPATION AND USE OF IDENTIFIED FLOODWAYS
This section applies to proposed development,
redevelopment, site modification or building
modification within a regulatory floodway. The
regulatory floodway for Salt Creek (river, stream)
shall be as delineated on the regulatory floodway maps
designated by DWR according and referenced in Section
300.32. Only those uses and structures will be
permitted which meet the criteria in this section. All
floodway modifications shall be the minimum necessary
to accomplish the purpose of the project. The develop-
ment shall also meet the requirements of Section 1000.
801.0 Development Permit. No person, firm, corporation
or governmental body not exempted by state law
shall commence any development in a floodway
without first obtaining a development permit from
the Director of Engineering and Community
Development.
801.1 Application for a development permit shall be made
on a form provided by the Director of Engineering
and Community Development. The application shall
include the following information:
a. Name and address of applicant;
b. Site location (including legal description) of
the property, drawn to scale, on the regulatory
floodway map, indicating whether it is
proposed to be in an incorporated or
unincorporated area;
c. Name of stream or body of water affected;
d. Description of proposed activity;
Statement of purpose of proposed activity;
Anticipated dates of initiation and completion
of activity;
Name and mailing address of the owner of the
subject property if different from the
applicant;
Signature of applicant or the applicant's agent;
If the applicant is a corporation, the
president or other authorized officer shall
sign the application form;
If the applicant is a partnership, each
partner shall sign the application form; and
If the applicant is a land trust, the trust
officer shall sign the name of the trustee by
him (her) as trust officer. A disclosure
affidavit shall be filed with the application,
identifying each beneficiary of the trust by
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name and address and defining the respective
interests therein.
Plans of the proposed activity shall be
provided which include as a minimum:
i. A vicinity map showing the site of the
activity, name of the waterway, boundary
lines, names of roads in the vicinity of
the site, graphic or numerical scale,
and north arrow;
ii. A plan view of the project and engineering
study reach showing existing and proposed
conditions including principal dimensions
of the structure or work, elevations in
mean sea level (1929 adjustment) datum or
N.G.V.D., adjacent property lines and
ownership, drainage and flood control
easements, location of any channels and
any existing or future access roads,
distance between proposed activity and
navigation channel (when the proposed
construction is near a commercially
navigable body of water), regulatory
floodway limit, flood plain limit,
specifications and dimensions of any
proposed channel modifications, location
modifications, and orientation of cross-
sections, north arrow, and a graphic
numerical scale;
iii. Cross-section views of the project and
engineering study reach showing existing
and proposed conditions including principal
dimensions of the work as shown in plan
view, existing and proposed elevations,
normal water elevation, 10 -year frequency
flood elevation, 100 -year frequency flood
elevation, and graphic or numerical scales
(horizontal and vertical);
iv. A soil erosion and sedimentation control
plan for disturbed areas. This plan shall
include a description of the sequence of
grading activities and the temporary
sediment and erosion control measures to
be implemented to mitigate their effects.
This plan shall also include a description
of final stabilization and revegetation
measures, and the identification of a
responsible party to ensure post -
construction maintenance.
A copy of the regulatory floodway map,
marked to reflect any proposed change in
the regulatory floodway location.
m. Any and all other local, state and federal
permits or approval letters that may be
required for this type of development.
Engineering calculations and supporting data
shall be submitted showing that the proposed
work will meet the permit criteria of Section
802.0.
If the regulatory floodway delineation, base
flood or 100 -year frequency flood elevation
will change due to the proposed project, the
application will not be considered complete
until DWR has indicated conditional approval of
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the regulatory floodway map change. No
structures may be built until a Letter of Map
Revision has been approved by FEMA.
The application for a structure shall be
accompanied by drawings of the site, drawn to
scale showing property line dimensions and
existing ground elevations and all changes in
grade resulting from any proposed excavation or
filling, and flood plain and floodway limits;
sealed by a registered professional engineer,
licensed architect or registered land surveyor;
the location and dimensions of all buildings
and additions to buildings; and the elevation
of the lowest floor (including basement) of all
proposed buildings subject to the require-
ments of Section 1000.0 of this Ordinance.
If the proposed project involves a channel
modification, the applicant shall submit the
following information:
A discussion of the purpose of and need
for the proposed work;
ii. A discussion of the feasibility of using
alternative locations or methods to
accomplish the purpose of the proposed
work;
iii. An analysis of the extent and permanence
of the impacts the project would have on
the physical and biological conditions
of the body of water affected;
iv. An analysis of the extent and permanence
of the impacts each feasible alternative
identified in 802.1(d -i) of this Section
would have on the physical and biological
v. An analysis of the impacts of the proposed
project, considering cumulative effects on
the physical and biological conditions of
the body of water affected.
801.2 The Director of Engineering and Community
Development shall be responsible for obtaining from
the applicant copies of all other local, state, and
federal permits and approvals that may be required
for this type of activity. The Director of
Engineering and Community Development shall not
issue the development permit unless all required
federal and state permits have been obtained. A
Registered Professional Engineer, under the employ
or contract of the Village of Elk Grove Village
shall review and approve applications reviewed
under this Section.
802.0 Preventing Increased Damages and a List of
Appropriate Uses. The only development in a
floodway which will be allowed are Appropriate
Uses, which will not cause a rise in the base flood
elevation, and which will not create a damaging or
potentially damaging increase in flood heights or
velocity or be a threat to public health and safety
and welfare or impair the natural hydrologic and
hydraulic functions of the floodway or channel, or
permanently impair existing water quality or
aquatic habitat. Construction impacts shall be
minimized by appropriate mitigation methods as
called for in this Ordinance. Only those
Appropriate Uses listed in 92 iii. Adm. Code 708
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will be allowed. Appropriate Uses do not include
the construction or placement of any new
structures, fill, building additions, buildings on
stilts, excavation or channel modifications done to
accommodate otherwise nonappropriate uses in the
floodway, fencing (including landscaping or
planting designed to act as a fence) and storage of
materials except as specifically defined above as
an Appropriate Use. The approved Appropriate Uses
are as follows:
a. Flood control structures, dikes, dams and other
public works or private improvements relating to
the control of drainage, flooding, erosion, or
water quality or habitat for fish and wildlife.
b. Structures or facilities relating to the use
of, or requiring access to, the water or
shoreline, such as pumping and treatment
facilities, and facilities and improvements
related to recreational boating, commercial
shipping and other functionally water dependent
uses.
c. Storm and sanitary sewer outfalls.
d. Underground and overhead utilities.
e. Recreational facilities such as playing fields
and trail systems including any related fencing
(at least 50% open when viewed from any one
direction) built parallel to the direction of
flood flows, and including open air pavilions.
f. Detached garages, storage sheds, or other non -
habitable accessory structures without toilet
facilities to existing buildings that will not
block flood flows, nor reduce floodway
storage.
g. Bridges, culverts, roadways, sidewalks,
railways, runways and taxiways and any
modification thereto.
h. Parking lots and any modifications
thereto (where depth of flooding at the
100 -year frequency flood event will not
exceed 1.0") and aircraft parking aprons
built at or below ground elevation.
i. Regulatory floodway regrading, without
fill, to create a positive non-erosive
slope toward a watercourse.
j. Flood proofing activities to protect
previously existing lawful structures
including the construction of water
tight window wells, elevating
structures, or construction of
floodwalls around residential,
commercial or industrial principal
structures where the outside toe of the
floodwall shall be no more than ten (10)
feet away from the exterior wall of the
existing structure, and, which are not
considered substantial improvements to
the structure.
k. In the case of damaged or replacement
buildings, reconstruction or repairs made
to a building that are valued at less
than 50% of the market value of the
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building before it was damaged or replaced,
and which do not increase the outside
dimensions of the building.
1. Additions to existing buildings above the
BFE that do not increase the building's
foot print and are valued at less than
50% of the market value of the building.
802.1 Within the regulatory floodway as identified on
the regulatory floodway maps designated by DWR, the
construction of an Appropriate Use, will be
considered permissible provided that the proposed
project meets the following engineering and
mitigation criteria and is so stated in writing
with supporting plans, calculations and data by a
Registered Professional Engineer and provided that
any structure meets the protection requirements of
Section 1000.0 of this Ordinance:
a. Preservation of Flood Conveyance, so as Not to
Increase Flood Stages Upstream. For Appropriate
Uses other than bridge or culvert crossings,
on -stream structures or dams, all effective
regulatory floodway conveyance lost due to the
project will be replaced for all flood events
up to and including the 100 -year frequency
flood. In calculating effective regulatory
floodway conveyance, the following factors
shall be taken into consideration:
i. Regulatory floodway conveyance,
2/3
"K" =1.486 AR
n
where "n" is Manning's roughness factor,
"A" is the effective area of the cross -
cross -section, and "R" is the ratio of
the area to the wetted perimeter. (see
Open Channel Hydraulics, Ven Te Chow,
1959, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York)
ii. The same Manning's "n" value shall be used
for both existing and proposed conditions
unless a recorded maintenance agreement
with a federal, state, or local unit of
government can assure the proposed
conditions will be maintained or the land
cover is changing from a vegetative to a
non -vegetative land cover.
iii. Transition sections shall be provided
and used in calculations of effective
regulatory floodway conveyance. The
following expansion and contraction ratios
shall be used unless an applicant's
engineer can prove to DWR through
engineering calculations or model tests
that more abrupt transitions may be used
with the same efficiency:
a. When water is flowing from a narrow
section to a wider section, the water
should be assumed to expand no faster
than at a rate of one foot horizontal
for every four feet of the flooded
stream's length.
b. When water is flowing from a wide
section to a narrow section, the water
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should be assumed to contract no faster
than at a rate of one foot horizontal
for every one foot of the flooded
stream's length.
c. When expanding or contracting flows in
a vertical direction, a minimum of one
foot vertical transition for every ten
feet of stream length shall be used.
d. Transition sections shall be provided
between cross-sections with rapid
expansions and contractions and when
meeting the regulatory floodway
delineation on adjacent properties.
e. All cross-sections used in the
calculations shall be located
perpendicular to flood flows.
b. Preservation of Floodway Storage so as Not to
Increase Downstream Flooding. Compensatory
storage shall be provided for any regulatory
floodway storage lost due to the proposed work
from the volume of fill or structures placed
and the impact of any related flood control
projects. Compensatory storage for fill or
structures shall be equal to at least 1.5 times
the volume of flood plain storage lost.
Artificially created storage lost due to a
reduction in head loss behind a bridge shall
not be required to be replaced. The
compensatory regulatory floodway storage shall
be placed between the proposed normal water
elevation and the proposed 100 -year flood
elevation. All regulatory floodway storage
lost below the existing 10 -year flood elevation
shall be replaced below the proposed 10 -year
flood elevation. All such excavations shall be
constructed to drain freely and openly to the
watercourse. If the compensatory storage will
not be placed at the location of the proposed
construction, the applicant's engineer shall
demonstrate to DWR through a determination of
flood discharges and water surface elevations
that the compensatory storage is hydraulically
equivalent. Finally, there shall be no
reduction in floodway surface area as a result
of a floodway modification, unless such
modification is necessary to reduce flooding at
existing structure.
c. Preservation of Floodway Velocities so as Not
to Increase Stream Erosion or Flood Heights.
For all Appropriate Uses, except bridges or
culverts or on stream structures, the proposed
work will not result in an increase in the
average channel or regulatory floodway
velocities or stage for all flood events up to
and including the 100 -year frequency event.
However, in the case of bridges or culverts or
on stream structures built for the purpose of
backing up water in the stream during normal or
flood flows, velocities may be increased at the
structure site if scour, erosion and
sedimentation will be avoided by the use of
rip -rap or other design measures.
d. Construction of New Bridges or Culvert
Crossings and Roadway Approaches. The proposed
structure shall not result in an increase of
upstream flood stages greater than 0.1 foot
when compared to the existing conditions for
all flood events up to and including the
100 -year frequency event; or the upstream flood
stage increases will be contained within the
channel banks (or within existing vertical
extensions of the channel banks) such as within
the design protection grade of existing levees
or flood walls or within recorded flood
easements. If the proposed construction will
increase upstream flood stages greater than 0.1
feet, the developer must contact DWR, Dam
Safety Section for a Dam Safety permit or
waiver.
i. The engineering analysis of upstream
flood stages must be calculated using the
flood study flows, and corresponding
flood elevations for tailwater
conditions for the flood study specified
in Section 600.0 of this Ordinance.
Culverts must be analyzed using the U.S.
DOT, FHWA Hydraulic Chart for the
Selection of Highway Culverts. Bridges
must be analyzed using the U.S. DOT/
Federal Highway Administration
Hydraulics of Bridge Waterways
calculation procedures.
ii. Lost floodway storage must be
compensated for per Section 802.1(b).
iii. Velocity increases must be mitigated per
Section 802.1(c).
iv. If the crossing is proposed over a public
water that is used for recreational or
commercial navigation, a Department of
Transportation permit must be received.
v. The hydraulic analysis for the backwater
caused by the bridge showing the existing
condition and proposed regulatory profile
must be submitted to DWR for concurrence
that a CLOMR is not required by Section
802.0.
vi. All excavations for the construction of
the crossing shall be designed per Section
802.1(h).
Reconstruction or Modification of Existing
Bridges, Culverts, and Approach Roads.
The bridge or culvert and roadway approach
reconstruction or modification shall be
constructed with no more than 0.1 foot
increase in backwater over the existing
flood profile for all flood frequencies up
to and including the 100 year event, if
the existing structure is not a source of
flood damage.
ii. If the existing bridge or culvert and
roadway approach is a source of flood
damage to buildings or structures in the
upstream flood plain, the applicant's
engineer shall evaluate the feasibility of
redesigning the structure to reduce the
existing backwater, taking into consider-
ation the effects on flood stages on
upstream and downstream properties.
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iii. The determination as to wheather or not
the existing crossing is a source of flood
damage and should be redesigned must be
prepared in accordance with the Department
of Transportation Rules 92 III. Adm.
Code 708 (Floodway Construction in
Northeastern Illinois) and submitted to
the Division for review and concurrence
before a permit is issued.
On -Stream Structures Built for the Purpose of
Backing Up Water. Any increase in upstream
flood stages greater than 0.0 foot when
compared to the existing conditions, for all
flood events up to and including the 100 -year
frequency event shall be contained within the
channel banks (or within existing vertical
extensions of the channel banks) such as within
the design protection grade of existing levees
or flood walls or within recorded flood
easements. A permit or letter indicating a
permit is not required must be obtained from
DWR, Dam Safety Section for a Dam Safety permit
or waiver for any structure built for the
purpose of backing up water in the stream
during normal or flood flow. All dams and
impoundment structures as defined in Section
300.12 shall meet the permitting requirements
of 92 III. Adm. Code 702 (Construction and
Maintenance of Dams). If the proposed activity
involves a modification of the channel or
floodway to accommodate an impoundment, it
shall be demonstrated that:
i. The impoundment is determined to be in
the public interest by providing flood
control, public recreation, or regional
stormwater detention;
ii. The impoundment will not prevent the
migration of indigenous fish species,
which require access to upstream areas as
part of their life cycle, such as for
spawning;
iii. The impoundment will not cause or
contribute to degraded water quality or
habitat conditions. Impoundment design
should include gradual bank slopes,
appropriate bank stabilization measures,
and a pre -sedimentation basin.
iv. A non -point source control plan has been
implemented in the upstream watershed to
control the effects of sediment runoff as
well as minimize the input of nutrients,
oil and grease, metals, and other
pollutants. If there is more than one
municipality in the upstream watershed,
the municipality in which the impoundment
is constructed should coordinate with
upstream municipalities to ensure
comprehensive watershed control;
v. The project otherwise complies with the
requirements of Section 800.
Flood Proofing of Existing Habitable,
Residential and Commercial Structures. If
construction is required beyond the outside
dimensions of the existing building, the
outside perimeter of the floodproofing
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construction shall be placed no further than
10 feet from the outside of the building.
Compensation of lost storage and conveyance
will not be required for floodproofing
activities.
h. Excavation in the Floodway. When excavation
is proposed in the design of bridges and
culvert openings, including the modifications
to and replacement of existing bridge and
culvert structures, or to compensate for lost
conveyance for other Appropriate Uses,
transition sections shall be provided for the
excavation. The following expansion and
contraction ratios shall be used unless an
applicant's engineer can prove to DWR through
engineering calculations or model tests that
more abrupt transitions may be used with the
same efficiency:
i. When water is flowing from a narrow
section to a wider section, the water
should be assumed to expand no faster than
at a rate of one foot horizontal for every
four feet of the flooded stream's length;
ii. When water is flowing from a wide section
to a narrow section, the water should be
assumed to contract no faster than at a
rate of one foot horizontal for ever one
foot of the flooded stream's length; and
iii. When expanding or contracting flows in a
vertical direction, a minimum of one foot
vertical transition for every ten feet of
stream length shall be used.
iv. Erosion/scour protection shall be
provided inland, upstream and downstream
of the transition sections.
I. If the proposed activity involves a channel
modification, it shall be demonstrated that:
i. There are no practicable alternatives
to the activity which would accomplish its
purpose with less impact to the natural
conditions of the body of water affected.
Possible alternatives include levees, bank
stabilization, floodproofing of existing
structures, removal of structures from the
flood plain, clearing the channel, high
flow channel, or the establishment of a
stream side buffer strip or green belt.
Channel modification is acceptable if the
purpose is to restore natural conditions
and improve water quality and fish and
wildlife habitat;
ii. Water quality, habitat, and other
natural functions would be significantly
improved by the modification and no
significant habitat area may be destroyed,
or the impacts are offset by the
replacement of an equivalent degree of
natural resource values;
iii. The activity has been planned and
designed and will be constructed in a way
which will minimize its adverse impacts on
the natural conditions of the body of
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water affected, consistent with the
following criteria;
The physical characteristics of the
modified channel shall match as
closely as possible those of the
existing channel in length,
cross-section, slope and sinuosity.
If the existing channel has been
previously modified, restoration of
more natural physical conditions
should be incorporated into channel
modification design, where practical.
Hydraulically effective transitions
shall be provided at both the upstream
and downstream ends of the project,
designed such that they will prevent
erosion.
One-sided construction of a channel
shall be used when feasible. Removal
of streamside (riparian) vegetation
should be limited to one side of the
channel, where possible, to preserve
the shading and stabilization effects
of the vegetation.
d. Clearing of vegetation shall be
limited to that which is essential for
construction of the channel.
Channel banks shall be constructed
with a side slope no steeper than 3:1
horizontal to vertical, wherever
practicable. Natural vegetation and
gradual side slopes are the preferred
methods for bank stabilization. Where
high velocities or sharp bends
necessitate the use of alternative
stabilization measures, natural rock
or rip -rap are preferred materials.
Artificial materials such as concrete,
gabions, or construction rubble should
be avoided unless there are no
practicable alternatives.
f. All disturbed areas associated with
the modification shall be seeded or
otherwise stabilized as soon as
possible upon completion of
construction. Erosion blanket or an
equivalent material shall be required
to stabilize disturbed channel banks
prior to establishment of the
vegetative cover.
g. If the existing channel contains
considerable bottom diversity such as
deep pools, riffles, and other similar
features, such features shall be
provided in the new channel. Spawning
and nesting areas and flow
characteristics compatible with fish
habitat shall also be established,
where appropriate.
h. A sediment basin shall be installed at
the downstream end of the modification
to reduce sedimentation and
degradation of downstream water
quality.
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i. New or relocated channels should be
built in the dry and all items of
construction, including vegetation,
should be completed prior to diversion
of water into the new channel.
j. There shall be no increases in stage
or velocity as the channel enters or
leaves the project site for any
frequency flood unless necessitated by
a public flood control project or
unless such an increase is justified
as part of a habitat improvement or
erosion control project.
k. Unless the modification is for a
public flood control project, there
shall be no reduction in the volume of
floodwater storage outside the
floodway as a result of the
modification; and
iv. The project otherwise complies with
the requirements of Section 800.
j. Seeding and Stabilization Plan. For all
activities located in a floodway, a seeding
and stabilization plan shall be submitted by
the applicant.
k. Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Measures. For
all activities in the floodway, including
grading, filling, and excavation, in which
there is potential for erosion of exposed soil,
soil erosion and sedimentation control measures
shall be employed consistent with the following
criteria:
i. The construction area shall be minimized
to preserve the maximum vegetation
possible. Construction shall be scheduled
to minimize the time soil is exposed and
unprotected. In no case shall the
existing natural vegetation be destroyed,
removed, or disturbed more than 15 days
prior to the initiation of improvements.
ii. Temporary and/or permanent soil
stabilization shall be applied to denuded
areas as soon as possible. As a minimum,
soil stabilization shall be provided
within 15 days after final grade is
reached on any portion of the site, and
within 15 days to denuded areas which may
not be at final grade but will remain
undisturbed for longer than 60 days.
iii. Sedimentation control measures shall be
installed before any significant grading or
filling is initiated on the site to prevent
the movement of eroded sediments off site or
into the channel. Potential sediment control
devices include filter fences, straw bale
fences, check dams, diversion ditches, and
sediment basins.
iv. A vegetated buffer strip of at least
25 feet in width shall be preserved and/or
re-established, where possible, along
existing channels (See 802.1(r).
Construction vehicle use of channels shall
be minimized. Temporary stream crossings
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shall be constructed, where necessary, to
minimize erosion. Necessary construction
in or along channels shall be
reestablished immediately.
v. Soil erosion and sedimentation control
measures shall be designed and implemented
consistent with "Procedures and Standards
for Urban Soil Erosion and Sedimentation
Control in Illinois" (1988) also known as
the "Green Book" and "Standards and
Specifications for Soil Erosion and
Sediment Control" (IEPA, 1987).
Public Flood Control Projects. For public
flood control projects, the permitting
requirements of this section will be considered
met if the applicant can demonstrate to DWR
through hydraulic and hydrologic calculations
that the proposed project will not singularly
or cumulatively result in increased flood
heights outside the project right-of-way or
easements for all flood events up to and
including the 100 -year frequency event.
General Criteria for Analysis of Flood
Elevations.
The flood profiles, flows and floodway
data in the regulatory floodway study,
referenced in Section 600.0, must be used
for analysis of the base conditions. If
the study data appears to be in error or
conditions have changed, DWR shall be
contacted for approval and concurrence on
the appropriate base conditions data to
use.
ii. If the 100 -year regulatory floodway
elevation at the site of the proposed
construction is affected by backwater from
a downstream receiving stream with a large
drainage area, the proposed construction
shall be shown to meet the requirements of
this section for the 100 -year frequency
flood elevations of the regulatory
floodway conditions and conditions with
the receiving stream at normal water
elevations.
iii. If the applicant learns from DWR, local
governments, or a private owner that a
downstream restrictive bridge or culvert
is scheduled to be removed, reconstructed,
modified, or a regional flood control
project is scheduled to be built, removed,
constructed or modified within the next
five years, the proposed construction
shall be analyzed and shown to meet the
requirements of this section for both the
existing conditions and the expected
floodprofile conditions when the bridge,
culvert or flood control project is built.
Conditional Letter of Map Revision. If the
Appropriate Use would result in a change in the
regulatory floodway location or the 100 -year
frequency flood elevation, the applicant shall
submit to DWR and to FEMA all the information,
calculations and documents necessary to be
issued a conditional regulatory floodway map
revision and receive from DWR a conditional
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approval of the regulatory floodway change
before a permit is issued. However, the final
regulatory floodway map will not be changed by
DWR until as -built plans or record drawings are
submitted and accepted by FEMA and DWR. In the
case of non-government projects, the
municipality in incorporated areas and the
county in unincorporated areas shall concur
with the proposed conditional regulatory
floodway map revision before DWR approval can
be given. No filling, grading, dredging or
excavating shall take place until a conditional
approval is issued. No further development
activities shall take place until a final
Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) is issued by FEMP
and DWR.
Professional Engineer's Supervision. All
engineering analyses shall be performed by or
under the supervision of a Registered
Professional Engineer.
p. For all activities in the floodway involving
construction within 25 feet of the channel, the
following criteria shall be met:
i. A natural vegetation buffer strip shall be
preserved within at least 25 feet of the
ordinary high water mark of the channel.
ii. Where it is impossible to protect this
buffer strip during the construction of an
Appropriate Use, a vegetated buffer strip
shall be established upon completion of
construction.
iii. The use of native riparian vegetation is
preferred in the buffer strip. Access
through this buffer strip shall be
provided, when necessary, for stream
maintenance purposes.
After receipt of conditional approval of the
regulatory floodway change and issuance of a
permit and a Conditional Letter of Map
Revision, construction as necessary to change
the regulatory floodway designation may proceed
but no buildings or structures or other
construction that is not an Appropriate Use may
be placed in that area until the regulatory
floodway map is changed and a final Letter of
Map Revision is received. The regulatory
floodway map will be revised upon acceptance
and concurrence by DWR and FEMA of the "as
built" plans.
802.2 State Review. For those projects listed below
located in a regulatory floodway, the following
criteria shall be submitted to DWR for their
review and concurrence prior to the issuance of
permit:
DWR will review an engineer's analysis of the
flood profile due to a proposed bridge pursuant
to Section 802.1(d).
DWR will review an engineer's determination
that an existing bridge or culvert crossing is
not a source of flood damage and the analysis
indicating the proposed flood profile, pursuant
to Section 802.1 (e).
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c. The DWR will review alternative transition
sections and hydraulically equivalent storage
pursuant to Section 802.1 (a, b and h).
d. The DWR will review and approve prior to the
start of construction any Department projects,
dams (as defined in Section 300.12) and all
other state, federal or local units of
government projects, including projects of the
municipality or county.
802.3 Other Permits. In addition to the other require-
ments of this Ordinance, a development permit for a
site located in a floodway shall not be issued
unless the applicant first obtains a permit or
written documentation that a permit is not required
from DWR, issued pursuant to Illinois Revised
Statutes, Chapter 19, Section 52 et seq. No permit
from DWR shall be required if the Division has
delegated this responsibility to the Village of Elk
Grove Village.
802.4 Dam Safety Permits. Any work involving the
construction, modification or removal of a dam as
defined on Section 300.12 per 92 Ill. Adm. Code
702 (Rules for Construction of Dams) shall obtain
an Illinois Division of Water Resources Dam Safety
permit prior to the start of construction of a
dam. If the Director of Engineering and Community
Development finds a dam that does not have a DWR
permit, the Director of Engineering and Community
Development shall immediately notify the Dam Safety
Section of the Division of Water Resources. If the
Director or Engineering and Community Development
finds a dam which is believed to be in unsafe
condition, the Director of Engineering and Community
Development shall immediately notify the owner of
dam, DWR, Dam Safety Section in Springfield and
the Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
(ESDA).
802.5 Activities That Do Not Require a Registered
Professional Engineer's Review. The following
activities may be permitted without a Registered
Professional Engineers review. Such activities
shall still meet the other requirements of this
Ordinance, including the mitigation requirements.
a. Underground and overhead utilities that:
Do not result in any increase in existing
ground elevations, or
ii. Require the placement of above ground
structures in the floodway, or
iii. In the case of underground stream
crossings, the top of the pipe or
encasement is buried a minimum of 3'
below the existing stream bed, and
iv. In the case of overhead utilities, no
supporting towers are placed in the
watercourse and are designed in such
fashion as not to catch debris.
Storm and sanitary sewer outfalls that:
Do not extend riverward or lakeward of
the existing adjacent natural bank slope,
and
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ii. Do not result in an increase in ground
elevation, and
iii. Are designed so as not to cause stream
erosion at the outfall location.
c. Construction of sidewalks, athletic fields
(excluding fences), properly anchored play-
ground equipment and patios at grade.
d. Construction of shoreline and streambank
protection that:
i. Does not exceed 1000 feet in length.
ii. Materials are not placed higher than the
existing top of bank.
iii. Materials are placed so as not to reduce
the cross-sectional area of the stream
channel or bank of the lake.
iv. Vegetative stabilization and gradual
side slopes are the preferred mitigation
methods for existing erosion problems.
Where high channel velocities, sharp bends
or wave action necessitate the use of
alternative stabilization measures,
natural rock or rip -rap are preferred
materials. Artificial materials such as
concrete construction rubble, and gabions
should be avoided unless there are no
practicable alternatives.
e. Temporary stream crossings in which:
i. The approach roads will be 0.5' (1/2
foot) or less above natural grade.
ii. The crossing will allow stream flow to
pass without backing up the water above
the stream bank vegetation line or above
any drainage tile or outfall invert.
iii. The top of the roadway fill in the channel
will be at least 2' below the top of the
lowest bank. Any fill in the channel
shall be non-erosive material, such as
rip -rap or gravel.
iv. All disturbed stream banks will be seeded
or otherwise stabilized as soon as
possible upon installation and again upon
removal of construction.
v. The access road and temporary crossings
will be removed within one year after
authorization.
SECTION 900.0 OCCUPATION AND USE OF SFHA AREAS WHERE
FLOODWAYS ARE NOT IDENTIFIED:
In SFHA or flood plains, where no floodways have been
identified and no base flood or 100 -year frequency flood
elevations have been established by FEMA, and draining
more than a square mile, no development shall be
permitted unless the cumulative effect of the proposals,
when combined with all other existing and anticipated
uses and structures, shall not significantly impede or
increase the flow and passage of the floodwaters nor
significantly increase the base flood or 100 -year
frequency flood elevation.
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901.1 Development Permit. No person, firm, corporation,
or governmental body, not exempted by state law,
shall commence any development in a SFHA or flood
plain without first obtaining a development permit
from the Director of Engineering and Community
Development. Application for a development permit
shall be made on a form provided by the Director of
Engineering and Community Development. The
application shall be accompanied by drawings of the
site, drawn to scale showing property line
dimensions; and existing grade elevations and all
changes in grade resulting from excavation or
filling, sealed by a licensed engineer, architect
or surveyor; the location and dimensions of all
buildings and additions to buildings; and the
elevator at the lowest floor (including basement)
of all proposed buildings subject to the
requirements of Section 1000 of this Ordinance.
The application for a development permit shall also
include the following information:
a. A detailed description of the proposed activity,
its purpose, and intended use;
b. Site location (including legal description) of
the property, drawn to scale, on the regulatory
floodway maps, indicating whether it is
proposed to be in an incorporated or unincorp-
orated area;
c. Anticipated dates of initiation and completion
of activity;
Plans of the proposed activity shall be provided
which include as a minimum:
A vicinity map showing the site of the
activity, name of the waterway, boundary
lines, names of roads in the vicinity of
of the site, graphic or numerical scale,
and north arrow:
ii. A plan view of the project and engineering
study reach showing existing and proposed
conditions including principal dimensions
of the structure or work, elevations in
mean sea level (1929 adjustment) datum or
N.G.V.D., adjacent property lines and
ownership, drainage and flood control
easements, distance between proposed
activity and navigation channel (when the
proposed construction is near a
commercially navigable body of water),
flood plain limit, location and
orientation of cross-sections, north
arrow, and a graphical or numerical scale;
iii. Cross-section views of the project and
engineering study reach showing existing
and proposed conditions including
principal dimensions of the work as shown
in plan view, existing and proposed
elevations, normal water elevation, 10
year frequency flood elevation, 100 year
frequency flood elevation, and graphical
or numerical scales (horizontal and
vertical); and
iv. A soil erosion and sedimentation control
plan for disturbed areas. This plan shall
include a description of the sequence of
grading activities and the temporary
sediment and erosion control measures
to be implemented to mitigate their effect.
This plan shall also include a description
of final stabilization and revegetation
measures, and the identification of a
responsible party to ensure post -
construction maintenance.
e. Engineering calculations and supporting data
shall be submitted showing that the proposed
work will meet the criteria of Section 902.0.
f. Any and all other local, state and federal
permits or approvals that maybe required for
this type of development.
901.2 Based on the best available existing data according
to the Illinois State Water Survey's Flood Plain
Information Repository, the Director of Engineering
and Community Development shall compare the
elevation of the site to the base flood or 100 year
frequency flood elevation. Should no elevation
information exist for the site, the developer's
engineer shall calculate the elevation according to
Section 604.0. Any development located on land
that can be shown to have been higher than the base
flood elevation as of the sites first Flood
Insurance Rate Map identification is not in the
SFHA and, therefore, not subject to the
requirements of this Ordinance. The Building
Official shall maintain documentation of the
existing ground elevation at the development site
and certification that this ground elevation
existed prior to the date of the site's first Flood
Insurance Rate Map identification.
901.3 The Director of Engineering and Community Develop-
ment shall be responsible for obtaining from the
applicant copies of all other local, state, and
federal permits, approvals or permit -not -required
letters that may be required for this type of
activity. The Director of Engineering and
Community Development shall not issue the
development permit unless all required local, state
and federal permits have been obtained.
902.0 Prevention increased Damages. No development in
the SFHA, where a floodway has not been determined
shall create a damaging or potentially damaging
increase in flood heights or velocity or threat to
public health, safety and welfare or impair the
natural hydrologic and hydraulic functions of the
floodway or channel, or impair existing water
quality or aquatic habitat. Construction impacts
shall be minimized by appropriate mitigation
methods as called for in this Ordinance.
902.1 Within all riverine
not been determined,
apply:
SFHA's where the floodway has
the following standards shall
a. The developer shall have a Registered Profes-
sional Engineer state in writing and show
through supporting plans, calculations, and
data that the project meets the engineering
requirements of Section 802.1 (a) through (I)
for the entire flood plain as calculated under
the provisions of Section 604.0 of this
Ordinance. As an alternative, the developer
should have an engineering study performed to
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determine a floodway and submit that
engineering study to DWR for acceptance as a
regulatory floodway. Upon acceptance of their
floodway by the Department, the developer shall
then demonstrate that the project meets the
requirements of Section 800.0 for the
regulatory floodway. The floodway shall be
defined according to the definition in Section
300.32 of this Ordinance.
b. A development permit shall not be issued unless
the applicant first obtains a permit from DWR
or written documentation that a permit is not
required from DWR.
c. No permit from DWR shall be required if the
Division has delegated permit responsibility to
the Village of Elk Grove Village per 92 III.
Adm. Code, Part 708 for regulatory floodways,
per DWR' Statewide Permit entitled
"Construction in Flood Plains with No
Designated Floodways in Northeastern Illinois."
d. Dam Safety Permits. Any work involving the
construction, modification or removal of a dam
or an on -stream structure to impound water as
defined in Section 300.12 shall obtain an
Illinois Division of Water Resources Dam Safety
permit or letter indicating a permit is not
required prior to the start of construction of
a dam. If the Director of Engineering and
Community Development finds a dam that does not
have an DWR permit, the Director of Engineering
and Community Development shall immediately
notify the Dam Safety Section of the Division
of Water Resources. If the Director of
Engineering and Community Development finds a
dam which is believed to be in unsafe
condition, the Director of Engineering and
Community Development shall immediately notify
the owner of the dam and the Illinois Emergency
Services and District Agency (ESDA), and the
DWR, Dam Safety Section in Springfield.
e. The following activities may be permitted
without a Registered Professional Engineer's
review or calculation of a base flood elevation
and regulatory floodway. Such activities shall
still meet the other requirements of this
Ordinance:
i. Underground and overhead utilities that:
a. Do not result in any increase in
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existing ground elevations, or
b.
Require the placement of above ground
structures in the floodway, or
c.
In the case of underground stream
crossings, the top of the pipe or
encasement is buried a minimum of 3'
below the existing streambed, and
d.
In the case of overhead utilities, no
supporting towers are placed in the
watercourse and are designed in such
fashion as not to catch debris.
ii. Storm
and sanitary sewer outfalls that:
a.
Do not extend riverward or
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lakeward of the existing adjacent
natural bank slope, and
b. Do not result in an increase in ground
elevation, and
c. Are designed so as not to cause stream
bank erosion at the outfall location.
iii. Construction of shoreline and streambed
protection that:
a. Does not exceed 1,000 feet in length
or 2 cubic yards per lineal foot of
streambed.
b. Materials are not placed higher than
the existing top of bank.
c. Materials are placed so as not to
reduce the cross-sectional area of
the stream channel by more than 10%.
d. Vegetative stabilization and gradual
side slopes are the preferred
mitigation methods for existing
erosion problems. Where high channel
velocities, sharp bends or wave action
necessitate the use of alternative
stabilization measures, natural rock
or rip -rap are preferred materials.
Artificial materials such as concrete,
construction rubble, and gabions
should be avoided unless there are no
practicable alternatives.
iv. Temporary stream crossings in which:
a. The approach roads will be 0.5' (1/2
foot) or less above natural grade.
b. The crossing will allow stream flow to
pass without backing up the water
above the stream bank vegetation line
or above any drainage tile or outfall
invert.
c. The top of the roadway fill in the
channel will be at least 2' below the
top of the lowest bank. Any fill in
the channel shall be non-erosive
material, such as rip -rap or gravel.
d. All disturbed stream banks will be
seeded or otherwise stabilized as soon
as possible upon installation and
again upon removal of construction.
e. The access road and temporary
crossings will be removed within one
year after authorization.
v. The construction of light poles, sign
posts and similar structure;
vi. The construction of sidewalks, driveways,
athletic fields (excluding fences), patios
and similar surfaces which are built at
grade;
vii. The construction of properly anchored,
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unwalled, open structures such as
playground equipment, pavilions, and
carports built at or below existing grade
that would not obstruct the flow of flood
waters;
viii. The placement of properly anchored
buildings not exceeding seventy (70)
square feet in size, nor ten (10) feet in
any one dimension (e.g., animal shelters
and tool sheds);
ix. The construction of additions to existing
buildings which do not increase the first
floor area by more than twenty (20)
percent, which are located on the upstream
or downstream side of the existing
buildings, and which do extend beyond the
sides of the existing building that are
parallel to the flow of flood waters;
x. Minor maintenance dredging of a stream
channel where:
a. The affected length of stream is less
than 1,000 feet.
b. The work is confined to reestablishing
flows in natural stream channels, or
c. The cross-sectional area of the
dredged channel conforms to that of
the natural channel upstream and
downstream of the site.
The flood carrying capacity within any altered
or relocated watercourse shall be maintained.
902.2 Compensatory Storage. Whenever any portion of a
flood plain is authorized for use, the volume of
space which will be occupied by the authorized fill
or structure below the base flood or 100 -year
frequency flood elevation shall be compensated for
and balanced by a hydraulically equivalent volume
of excavation taken from below the base flood or
100 -year frequency flood elevation. The excavation
volume shall be at least equal to 1.5 times the
volume of storage lost due to the fill or
structure. In the case of streams and
watercourses, such excavation shall be made
opposite or adjacent to the areas so filled or
occupied. All flood plain storage lost below the
existing 10 -year flood elevation shall be replaced
below the proposed 10 -year flood elevation. All
floodplain storage lost above the existing 10 -year
flood elevation shall be replaced above the
proposed 10 -year flood elevation. All such
excavations shall be constructed to drain freely
and openly to the watercourse.
1000.0 Permitting Requirements Applicable to All Flood
Plain Areas.
In addition to the requirements found in Sections
700.0, 800.0 and 900.0 for development in flood
fringes, regulatory floodways, and SFHA or flood
plains where no floodways have been identified
(Zones A, A0, AH, AE, Al -A30, A99, V0, V1-30, VE,
V, M or E), the following requirements shall be met.
1001.0 Public Health Standards.
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1001.1 No developments in the SFHA shall include locating
or storing chemicals, explosives, buoyant
materials, animal wastes, fertilizers, flammable
liquids, pollutants, or other hazardous or toxic
materials below the FPE.
1001.2 New and replacement water supply systems, wells,
sanitary sewer lines and on-site waste disposal
systems may be permitted providing all manholes or
other above ground openings located below the RE
are watertight.
1002.0 Carrying Capacity and Notification. For all
projects involving channel modification, fill, or
stream maintenance (including levees), the Flood
carrying capacity of the watercourse shall be
maintained. In addition, the Village of Elk Grove
Village shall notify adjacent communities in
writing 30 days prior to the issuance of a permit
for the alteration or relocation of the watercourse.
1003.0 Protection Buildings. All buildings located within
a 100 -year flood plain also known as a SFHA, shall
be protected from flood damage below the flood
protection elevation. However, existing buildings
located within a regulatory floodway shall also
meet the more restrictive Appropriate Use standards
included in Section 800.0. This building
protection criteria applies to the following
situations:
a. Construction or placement of a new building.
b. A structural alteration to an existing building
that either increases the first floor area by
more than 20% or the building's market value by
more than 50%;
c. Installing a manufactured home on a new site or
a new manufactured home on an existing site.
This building protection requirements does not
apply to returning a mobile home to the same
site it lawfully occupied before it was removed
to avoid flood damage; and
d. Installing a travel trailer on a site for more
than 180 days.
This building protection requirement may be met by
one of the following methods.
1003.1 A residential or non-residential building, when
allowed, may be constructed on permanent land fill
in accordance with the following:
a. The lowest floor, (including basement) shall be
at or above the flood protection elevation.
b. The fill shall be placed in layers no greater
than one (1) foot deep before compaction and
should extend at least ten (10) feet beyond the
foundation of the building before sloping below
the flood protection elevation. The top of the
fill shall be above the flood protection
elevation. However, the ten (10) foot minimum
may be waived if a structural engineer
certifies an alternative method to protect the
building from damages due to hydrostatic
pressures. The fill shall be protected against
erosion and scour. The fill shall not
adversely effect the flow or surface drainage
from or onto neighboring properties.
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1003.2 A residential or non-residential building may be
elevated in accordance with the following:
a. The building or improvements shall be elevated
on crawl space, stilts, piles, walls, or other
foundation that is permanently open to flood
waters and not subject to damage by hydrostatic
pressures of the base flood or 100 -year
frequency flood. The permanent openings shall
be no more than one foot above grade, and
consists of a minimum of two openings. The
openings must have a total net area of not less
than one square inch for every one square foot
of enclosed area subject to flooding below the
Base Flood Elevation.
The foundation and supporting members shall be
anchored and aligned in relation to flood flows
and adjoining structures so as to minimize
exposure to known hydrodynamic forces such as
current, waves, ice and floating debris.
c. All areas below the flood protection elevation
shall be constructed of materials resistant to
flood damage. The lowest floor (including
basement) and all electrical, heating,
ventilating, plumbing, and air conditioning
equipment and utility meters shall be located
at or above the flood protection elevation.
Water and sewer pipes electrical and telephone
lines, submersible pumps, and other
water -proofed service facilities may be located
below the flood protection elevation.
d. No area below the flood protection elevation
shall be used for storage of items or materials.
e. Manufactured homes and travel trailers to be
installed on a site for more than 180 days,
shall be elevated to or above the flood
protection elevation; and, shall be anchored to
resist flotation, collapse, or lateral movement
by being tied down in accordance with the Rules
and Regulations for the Illinois Mobile Home
Tie -Down Act issued pursuant to 77 III. Adm.
Code 870.
1003.3 Only a non-residential building may be structurally
7loodproofed (in lieu of elevation) provided that a
Registered Professional Engineer shall certify that
the building has been structurally dry floodproofed
below the flood protection elevation, the structure
and attendant utility facilities are watertight and
capable of resisting the effects of the base flood
or 100 year frequency flood. The building design
shall take into account flood velocities, duration,
rate of rise, hydrostatic and hydrodynamic forces,
the effects of buoyancy, and impacts from debris or
ice. Floodproofing measures shall be operable
without human intervention and without an outside
source of electricity (Levees, berms, floodwalls
and similar works are not considered floodproofing
for the purpose of this subsection).
1003.4 Non -conforming structures located in a regulatory
floodway may remain in use, but may not be enlarged,
replaced or structurally altered. A non -conforming
structure damaged by flood, fire, wind or other
natural or made -made disaster may be restored unless
the damage exceeds fifty percent (50%) of its market
value before it was damaged, in which case it shall
conform to this Ordinance.
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SECTION 1100.0 OTHER DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS
The President and Board of Trustees shall take into
account flood hazards, to the extent that they are known
in all official actions related to land management, use
and development.
1100.1 New subdivisions, manufactured home parks,
annexation agreements, and Planned Unit Develop-
ments (PUDs) within the SFHA shall be reviewed
to assure that the proposed developments are
consistent with Sections 700, 800, 900 and 1000 of
this Ordinance and the need to minimize flood
damage. Plats or plans for new subdivisions, mobile
home parks and Planned Unit Developments (PUDs)
shall include a signed statement by a Registered
Professional Engineer that the plat or plans
account for changes in the drainage of surface
waters in accordance with the Plat Act (I11.Rev.,
Stat., Ch. 109, Sec.2)
1100.2 Proposals for new subdivisions, manufactured home
parks, travel trailer parks, Planned Unit
Developments (PUDs) and additions to manufactured
home parks and additions to subdivisions shall
include base flood or 100 -year frequency flood
elevation data and floodway delineations. Where
this information is not available from an existing
study filed with the Illinois State Water Survey,
the applicant's engineer shall be responsible for
calculating the base flood or 100 -year frequency
flood elevation per Section 604.0 and the floodway
delineation per the definition in Section 300.32
and submitting it to the State Water Survey and DWR
for review and approval as best available
regulatory data.
1100.3 Streets, blocks, lots, parks and other public
grounds shall be located and laid out in such a
manner as to preserve and utilize natural streams
and channels. Wherever possible, the flood plains
shall be included within parks or other public
grounds.
1100.4 The President and Board of Trustees shall not
approve any Planned Unit Development (PUD) or plat
of subdivision located outside the corporate limits
unless such agreement or plat is in accordance with
the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 1200.0 VARIANCES
No variances shall be granted to any development located
in a regulatory floodway as defined in Section 300.13.
However, when a development proposal is located outside
of a regulatory floodway, and whenever the standards of
this Ordinance place undue hardship on a specific
development proposal, the applicant may apply to the
Department of Engineering and Community Development for
a variance. The Department of Engineering and Community
Development shall review the applicant's request for a
variance and shall submit its recommendation to the
President and Board of Trustees.
1200.1 No variance shall be granted unless the applicant
demonstrates that:
a. The development activity cannot be located
outside the SFHA;
An exceptional hardship would result if the
variance were not granted;
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c. The relief requested is the minimum
necessary;
d. There will be no additional threat to public
health, safety, beneficial stream uses and
functions, especially aquatic habitat, or
creation of a nuisance;
e. There will be no additional public expense
for flood protection, lost environmental
stream uses and functions, rescue or relief
operations, policing, or repairs to stream
beds and banks, roads, utilities, or other
public facilities;
f. The provisions of Sections 702.0 and 902.0 of
this Ordinance shall still be met;
g. The activity is not in a regulatory floodway;
b. The applicant's circumstances are unique and
do not represent a general problem, and
i. The granting of the variance will not alter
the essential character of the area involved
including existing stream uses.
1200.2 The Director of Engineering and Community
Development shall notify an applicant in writing
that a variance from the requirements of Section
1000.0 that would lessen the degree of protection
to a building will:
a. Result in increased premium rates for flood
insurance up to amounts as high as $25 for
$100 of insurance coverage;
b. Increase the risks to life and property; and
c. Require that the applicant proceed with know-
ledge of these risks and that he will acknow-
ledge in writing that he assumes the risk and
liability.
1200.3 Variances requested in connection with restoration
of a site or building listed on the National
Register of Historical Places or documented as
worthy of preservation by the Illinois Historic
Preservat4on Agency may be granted using criteria
more permissive than the requirements of Sections
1100.1 and 1100.2.
SECTION 1300.0 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
The degree of flood protection required by this
Ordinance is considered reasonable for regulatory
purposes and is based on available information derived
from engineering and scientific methods of study.
Larger floods may occur or flood heights may be
increased by man-made or natural causes. This Ordinance
does not imply that development, either inside or
outside of the SFHA, will be free from flooding or
damage. This Ordinance does not create liability on
the part of the Village of Elk Grove Village or any
officer or employee thereof for any flood damage that
results from reliance on this Ordinance or any
administrative decision made lawfully thereunder.
SECTION 1400.0 PENALTY
Failure to comply with the requirements of a permit or
conditions of a variance resolution shall be deemed to
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be a violation of this Ordinance. Upon due
investigation, the Director of Engineering and Community
Development may determine that a violation of the
minimum standards of this Ordinance exist. The Director
of Engineering and Community Development shall notify
the owner in writing of such violation.
1400.1 If such owner fails after ten days notice to correct
the violation:
a. The Village of Elk Grove Village may make
application to the Circuit Court for an
injunction requiring conformance with this
Ordinance or make such other order as the
Court deems necessary to secure compliance
with this Ordinance.
b. Any person who violates this ordinance shall,
upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than
fifty dollars (50.00) or more than one -thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense.
c. A separate offense shall be deemed committed
upon each day during or on which a violation
occurs or continues.
d. The Village of Elk Grove Village may record a
notice of violation on the title to the
property.
1400.2 The Director of Engineering and Community
Development shall inform the owner that any such
violation is considered a willful act to increase
flood damages and, therefore, may cause coverage by
a Standard Flood Insurance Policy to be suspended.
1400.3 Nothing herein shall prevent the Village of Elk
Grove Village from taking such other lawful action
to prevent or remedy any violations. All costs
connected therewith shall accrue to the person or
persons responsible.
SECTION 1500.0 ABROGATION AND GREATER RESTRICTIONS
This Ordinance is not intended to repeal, abrogate or
impair any existing easements, covenants, or deed
restrictions. Where this Ordinance and other
ordinance, easements, covenants, or deed restrictions
conflict or overlap, whichever imposes the more
stringent restrictions shall prevail. This Ordinance
is intended to repeal the original ordinance or
resolution which was adopted to meet the National Flood
Insurance Program regulations, but is not intended to
to repeal the resolution which the Village of Elk Grove
Village passed in order to establish initial eligibility
for the program.
SECTION 1600.0 SEPARABILITY
The provisions and sections of this Ordinance shall be
deemed separable and the invalidity of any portion of
this Ordinance shall not affect the validity of the
remainder.
Section 4: That the Village Clerk is hereby authorized to
publish this Ordinance in Pamphlet Form.
SECTION 1700.0 EFFECTIVE DATE
That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval and publication
as required by law.
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VOTE: AYE:
PASSED this
APPROVED this
ATTEST:
6 NAY: 0 ABSENT: 4_ -
22nd day of August 1989.
22nd day of August 1989.
Patricia S. Smith
Charles S. Zettek
Vilage President
PUBLISHED this 19th day of September _ 1989, in pamphlet form.
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