1999-43RESOLUTION NO. 99- 43
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PETITION FOR SMC CERTIFICATION
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Buffalo Grove
desire to remain a Certified Community for the purpose of administering the Lake
County Watershed Development Ordinance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Buffalo Grove, Cook and Lake Counties, Illinois, that the President and
Clerk be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to execute the "Petition for SMC
Certification." A copy of said petition is attached hereto and made a part hereof.
AYES: 5 - Marienthal, Reid, Berman, Glover, Berman
NAYES: 0 - None
ABSENT: 1 - Hendricks
PASSED: September 13 '1999
APPROVED: September 13 _ '1999
APPROVED:
Village President
ATTEST:
2
Village Clerk
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STORMVVATER MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
PETITION FOR SMC CERTIFICATION
On this _13th day of September
1999 the Village
(Year) (City, Village, County)
of Buffalo Grove , a community participating in the regular phase of the
National Flood Insurance Program, adopted an amended ordinance ( "ORDINANCE ") which includes the
provisions of the Lake County Watershed Development Ordinance amended August 10, 1999 ( "WDO ")
and is on file with the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission ("SMC"). According to the
provisions of the ORDINANCE and WDO we agree to:
I. Forward appropriate portions of the Regulatory Floodway Development applications to SMC for
transmittal to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources/Office of Water Resources
( "IDNR/OWR ") or its designee for concurrent review and approval.
2. Maintain records and provide SMC with certain portions of these records as described below:
a. Maintain records of every Watershed Development Permit application, permit variance,
hydrologic and hydraulic data, and enforcement action and shall allow periodic inspections
of the records by SMC, FEMA, or IDNR/OWR personnel.
b. Maintain an Elevation Certificate and flood - proofing certificate file to certify the elevation
of the lowest floor (including basement) of a residential or non - residential building or the
elevation to which a non - residential building has been flood - proofed, for all buildings
constructed in the Regulatory Floodplain.
C. Maintain for public inspection and provide copies upon request of, base flood data and
maps, variance documentation, Conditional Letters of Map Revision, Letters of Map
Revision, Letters of Map Amendment, elevation and floodproofing certificates, other
watershed development permit related materials, available "as- built" elevation and
floodproofing records for all buildings constructed subject to the provisions of this
ordinance.
3. Require all engineering information and plans prepared by a registered professional engineer, to be
reviewed under the supervision of a registered professional engineer under the employ or contract
of the community for conformance with the ORDINANCE prior to permit issuance.
4. Provide SMC with the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the Community Official
designated as the Enforcement Officer, the registered professional engineer performing permit
reviews, and community legal counsel. Notify SMC should any changes in these positions occur.
The Enforcement Officer shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of the
ORDINANCE and duties as specified in Appendix E of the WDO.
Richard A. Welton, Chairman Ward S. Miller, Executive Director
333 -B Peterson Road • Libertyville, Illinois 60048 • 847/918 -5260 • FAX 847/918 -9826
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5. Community Recertification
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a. Certified Communities shall petition for recertification every three (3) years.
b. Within the three (3) year certification period, the SMC Director shall periodically review
the community's ordinance enforcement records and performance and make remedial
recommendations to the community, if necessary. Review findings will be used in the
assessment of petitions for recertification from Certified Communities.
6. Community Decertification
a. The SMC shall after following the community notification procedure and holding a public
hearing presided by SMC, have the authority to rescind the community's certification.
b. The SMC shall rescind a community's certification for the following reasons:
i. The community is no longer a participant in the National Flood Insurance
Program.
ii. The community amends the ORDINANCE so that it is less restrictive than the
WDO.
iii. If a certified community knowingly or consistently issues permits not in
accordance with, or fails to adequately enforce, the ORDINANCE.
C. If the community issues a regulatory floodway development: permit not in accordance with
Article IV C.3. of the WDO, SMC shall rescind the community's authority to administer
the IDNR/OWR regulatory floodway permit program for appropriate uses.
We agree to the provisions and responsibilities herein and therefore respectively petition SMC for
Certification and the resulting authority to issue all permits and variances required by the ORDINANCE.
(Co munity Chief Elected Official) (CleAW
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