Title
Resolution adopting the amendments to the text of the Unified Development Ordinance to allow topdressing of floodplain lands damaged by subsidence.
Staff Summary
• This is an amendment to the UDO which will allow the repair of properties with up to four inches (4”) of top soil (top dressing) after a documented flood event with evidence of subsidence on the property.
• An identical amendment to SMC’s Watershed Development Ordinance was approved by the County Board in November, 2008.
• The Planning, Building and Zoning Committee recommends by a vote of 5 to 0 these amendments be adopted.
• The Regional Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, and Planning Department staff all recommend adoption.
Body
WHEREAS, Section 8.5 of the Lake County Unified Development Ordinance provides performance standards for Regulatory Floodplain Development; and
WHEREAS, to remain a Certified Community, the County must enforce the requirements of the Stormwater Management Commission’s watershed Development Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, on November 18, 2008, this County Board adopted a Resolution amending the Watershed Development Ordinance to allow topdressing of floodplain lands to repair subsidence; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Zoning Board of Appeals has conducted a public hearing and recommends by a vote of 6 - 0 the attached amendment be adopted; and
WHEREAS, Your Planning, Building and Zoning Committee has reviewed this amendment and the recommendation of the ZBA and recommends by a vote of 5 to 0 the attached amendment be adopted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Lake County Board that the amendments contained in Exhibit A, attached hereto and hereby made a part of this Resolution be, and are hereby adopted and made a part of the Lake County Unified Development Ordinance; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County Board shall keep a record of this action.
DATED AT WAUKEGAN, LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, this 10th day of February, 2009.