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UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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ORDINANCE NO . 2013-59
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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE REVISED FEMA FLOOD MAPS FOR
THE CITY OF YORKVILLE AS PART OF THE CITY ' S
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
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Passed by the City Council of the
United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
This 22nd day of October, 2013
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Published in pamphlet form by the
authority of the Mayor and City Council
of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall
County, Illinois on October 28 , 2013 .
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Ordinance No. 2013- S-DOJ
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE REVISED FEMA FLOOD MAPS FOR
THE CITY OF YORKVILLE AS PART OF THE CITY' S
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS
WHEREAS , the United City of Yorkville (the " City") is a duly organized and validly
existing non home-rule municipality created in accordance with the Constitution of the State of
Illinois of 1970 and the laws of the State; and,
WHEREAS , all development, stormwater management activities, soil erosion control
practices , and floodplain protection measures within Kendall County must comply with the
Kendall County Stormwater Management Ordinance, whether or not such activities occur within
an incorporated municipality; and,
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WHEREAS , the City adopted by reference the Kendall County Stormwater Management j
Ordinance to require that all development, stormwater management activities, soil erosion
control practices, and floodplain protection measures within the City are subject to and must
comply with the Kendall County Stormwater Management Ordinance, and further for the
purpose of providing the City with enforcement rights against activities which do not comply
with the Kendall County Stormwater Management Ordinance, to the extent permitted by law ;
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WHEREAS , the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has established new
flood map panels that include the City and is required to approve the legally enforceable
floodplain management measures within the City; and,
WHEREAS , the City desires to comply with the implementation of the floodplain
management requirements of FEMA and hereby adopts this ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the
United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, as follows :
Section Is That Title 8 , Chapter 7, Section 8 -7- 1 of the Yorkville City Code, as
amended, be and is hereby amended by adding subsections I . and J . to read as follows :
"I . Ratifications
For the purposes of this chapter, the city hereby adopts and ratifies the flood insurance study
(FIS ) and the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) promulgated and published by FEMA
effective as of January 8 , 2014 for Kendall County. The city also adopts and ratifies all other
flood map panels now in effect for land located within the corporate limits of the city and all
unincorporated land lying within its planning jurisdiction.
J . Compliance j
This chapter shall be construed so as to require continued compliance with the standards of
the National Flood Insurance Program , and the administrative regulations promulgated
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thereunder, including, but not limited to , the requirements of 44 CFR 60 . 3 , as amended. In
the event FEMA revises or republishes map panels or other portions of the FIS and FIRM
that affects land lying within the city or unincorporated land within its planning jurisdiction,
such revisions shall be deemed adopted and incorporated herein by reference upon the
publication thereof by the city clerk. "
Section 2 : This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage, approval,
and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law .
Passed by the City Cou cil f the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois this
day of lFr 2013 .
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CITY CLERK
ROSE ANN SPEARS DIANE TEELING
KEN KOCH JACKIE MILSCHEWSKI
CARLO COLOSIMO JOEL FRIEDERS
CHRIS FUNKIIOUSER LARRY KOT
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Approved by me, as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, this o?
day of OC7'06E /, 2013 ,
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