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Resolution directing the Lake County Zoning Board of Appeals to conduct a public hearing to consider certain proposed text amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance of Lake County, Illinois (Chapter 151 of the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances) adopting the latest floodplain maps prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Staff Summary
• The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has re-evaluated and revised the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) within Lake County. Appendix M along with minor text amendment of the Unified Development Ordinance of Lake County (UDO) has been amended.
• These text amendments must be adopted prior to February 17, 2016, so Lake County may remain in good-standing in the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and continue to be a Stormwater Management Commission (SMC) “Certified Community.”
• State law requires that the Zoning Board of Appeals hold a public hearing to amend the text of the UDO.
• On March 13, 2001, the Lake County Board authorized the Planning, Building and Zoning Committee (PB&Z) to forward any future proposed UDO text amendments relating to WDO revisions directly to the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) and to direct the ZBA to conduct a public hearing to consider such amendments.
• The Planning, Building and Development Department staff has reviewed the proposed amendments and recommends that the text of the UDO be amended in accordance with Exhibit A.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board adopted the Watershed Development Ordinance (WDO) on October 13, 1992; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board adopted the Unified Development Ordinance of Lake County, Illinois (Chapter 151 of the Lake County, Illinois Code of Ordinances) (UDO) on April 11, 2000; and
WHEREAS, Lake County is a Stormwater Management Commission (SMC) “Certified Community;” and
WHEREAS, Lake County is a member of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP); and
WHEREAS, Lake County participates in the FEMA NFIP Community Rating System (CRS) as a Class 6 Community; and
WHEREAS, order to maintain its status as a “Certified Community” and to remain in “good standing” in the FEMA NFIP and participate as a Class 6 CRS community, the County must periodically amend the UDO to reflect the revisions made to the WDO and to the regulations of the FEMA NFIP; and
WHEREAS, on October 13, 2015 this County Board will adopt a Resolution amending the WDO; and
WHEREAS, the County must incorporate these revisions within a limited timeframe; and
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2001, the Lake County Board authorized the Planning, Building and Zoning Committee (PB&Z) to forward any future proposed UDO text amendments relating to WDO revisions directly to the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) and to direct the ZBA to conduct a public hearing to consider such amendments; and
WHEREAS, your Department of Planning, Building and Development has reviewed the proposed amendments and recommends that the text of the UDO be amended in accordance with Exhibit A attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, the state law requires that the Zoning Board of Appeals hold a public hearing to amend the text of the UDO; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the PB&Z Committee that the ZBA is hereby directed to conduct a public hearing to consider the proposed amendments identified in Exhibit A and such other amendments that are directly related thereto; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary of the Zoning Board of Appeals is hereby directed to notify the Zoning Board of Appeals of this action and keep a record of this Resolution.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on September 8, 2015.