§ 34-38. Subdivision and other development requirements.

(a)

The village board shall take into account flood hazards, to the extent that they are known, in all official actions related to land management use and development.

(b)

New subdivisions, manufactured home parks, annexation agreements, planned unit developments, and additions to manufactured home parks and subdivisions shall meet the damage prevention and building protection standards of sections 34-36 and 34-37. Any proposal for such development shall include the following data:

(1)

The base flood elevation and the boundary of the floodplain (where the base flood elevation is not available from an existing study, the applicant shall be responsible for calculating the base flood elevation);

(2)

The boundary of the floodway when applicable; and

(3)

A signed statement by a registered professional engineer that the proposed plat or plan accounts for changes in the drainage of surface waters in accordance with the Plat Act (765 ILCS 205/2).

(c)

Public health standards must be met for all floodplain development. In addition to the requirements of sections 34-36 and 34-37, the following standards apply:

(1)

No development in the floodplain shall include locating or storing chemicals, explosives, buoyant materials, flammable liquids, pollutants, or other hazardous or toxic materials below the flood protection elevation unless such materials are stored in a storage tank or floodproofed building constructed according to the requirements of section 34-37.

(2)

New and replacement sanitary sewer lines and on-site waste disposal systems may be permitted providing all manholes or other aboveground openings located below the flood protection elevation are watertight.

(d)

All other activities defined as development shall be designed so as not to alter flood flows or increase potential flood damages.

(Ord. No. 30-2002, § 1, 9-17-2002)