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AN ORDINANCE CORRECTING THAT CERTAIN ORDINANCE ENTITLED “AN ORDINANCE REGULATING DEVELOPMENT IN SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS FOR THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK,” ORDINANCE NO. 3466
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WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Water Resources (IDNR/OWR), have requested that certain revisions be made to Ordinance No. 3466 in order that the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations and 17 Illinois Administrative Code Part 3708 be met:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park, Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, a home rule municipality, as follows:
SECTION 1
Section 300.0 “Definitions” is hereby amended by deleting the definition for Part 300.13 “Designated Floodway”, Part 300.20 “FEMA”, and Part 300.25 “Floodplain” and inserting in lieu thereof, the following:
300.13 "Designated Floodway" The channel, including on-stream lakes, and that portion of the floodplain adjacent to a stream or watercourse as designated by IDNR/OWR, which is needed to store and convey the existing 100-year frequency flood discharge with no more than a 0.1 foot increase in stage due to the loss of flood conveyance or storage, and no more than a 10 percent increase in velocities.
(a) The floodways are designated for Long Run Creek, Marley Creek, Midlothian Creek, Mill Creek, Spring Creek and Tinley Creek on the most current Flood Insurance Rate Map prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency effective August 19, 2008 for the floodways within Cook County, Illinois and dated February 15, 2019 for the floodways within Will County, Illinois, as revised and amended. When two floodway maps exist for a waterway, the more restrictive floodway limit shall prevail.
(b) The floodways for those parts of unincorporated Cook and Will Counties that are within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the Village that may be annexed in...
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