Ordinance 2016-16 UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 2016-16
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS,
AMENDING TITLE 4, CHAPTER 1, SECTION 4-1-5 OF THE YORKVILLE CITY CODE
Passed by the City Council of the
United City of Yorkville,Kendall County, Illinois
This 23rd day of February,2016
Published in pamphlet form by the
authority of the Mayor and City Council
of the United City of Yorkville,Kendall
County, Illinois on March 8,2016.
Ordinance No. 2016
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE,KENDALL COUNTY,ILLINOIS,
AMENDING TITLE 4, CHAPTER 1, SECTION 4-1-5 OF THE YORKVILLE CITY CODE
WHEREAS, the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois (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, the continuing maintenance of the City's storm water basins is essential to
protect against flooding, soil erosion and any negative impact to the City's stream systems and
requires repairing erosion, removing sediment and managing vegetation on an annual basis; and,
WHEREAS, failure to maintain storm sewer basins on a regular basis can also result in
restrictions to the outflow causing the loss of control of the flow of storm water into the City's
storm sewer system; and,
WHEREAS, in order to address this potential problem, the City hereby declares the
failure to maintain a storm water basin as a nuisance, the abatement of which is enforceable as
hereinafter provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the
United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, as follows:
Section 1. The above recitals are incorporated and made a part of this Ordinance.
Section 2. That Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 5 of the Yorkville City Code is hereby
amended by adding the following so said Section 3:
448. Lack of Maintenance of a Storm Water Basin:
a. failure to repair erosion;
b. failure to prevent restrictions on outflow;
C. failure to remove overgrown vegetation limiting capacity or outflow; or,
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d. permitting build-up of sediment reducing capacity."
Section 3. Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 5 is further amended by deleting paragraphs C and
D therefrom and renumbering paragraphs E and F as C and D.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage,
approval, and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law.
Passed by the /City Council of the United.City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois,
this Q(If2 day of&q , A.D. 2016.
City Clerk
CARLO COLOSIMO Y KEN KOCH
JACKIE MILSCHEWSKI LARRY KOT
CHRIS FUNKHOUSER JOEL FRIEDERS
DIANE TEELING _ SEAVER TARULIS
APPROVED by me, as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois,
this c2(o day of f_f_-'6kt)PrP-y , A.D. 2016,
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
Published in pamphlet form:
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