2023-09-18 - Resolution 2023-23 - APPROVING A PETITION FOR SMC CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION NO. 2023-23
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, Lake and Cook 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: 6—Johnson,Cesario,Ottenheimer,Stein, Pike, Weidenfeld
NAYES: 0- None
ABSENT: 0- None
PASSED: September 18, 2023
APPROVED: September 18, 2023
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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Janetr'M_.S�rabian,Village Clerk Eric N. Smith, illage President
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PETITION FOR SMC CERTIFICATION
o„ th;s 18th aay of September 2023 the Village
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of BUff8�0 GfOV2 , a community participating in the regular phase ofthe
National Flood Insurance Program, adopted an amended ordinance ("ORDINANCE") which includes
the provisions of the Lake County Watershed Development Ordinance amended October 13, 2020
("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:
1. Forward appropriate portions of the Regulatory Floodway Development applications to SMC for
transmittal to the Illinois Department ofNatural 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 ofthe 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 ORD[NANCE and duties as specified in Appendix E ofthe WDO.
5. Community Recertification
a. Certified Communities shall petition for recertification every five(5) years.
b. Within the five(5) 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.
c. The SMC may rescind or place conditions on a community's certification if the certified
community recurringly issues permits not in accordance with, or fails to adequately
enforce, the ORDINANCE.
d. If the community issues a regulatory floodway development permit not in accordance
with §703 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.
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