2017-30 Amending City Code Chapter 67.1 Floodplain Protection Provisions

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c. Construction or installation activities which have been approved by the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Water Resources, Permits 2 through 13, and/or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Permit 404, provided the accumulated effect of construction does not increase the base flood; d. Gardening,plowing,tilling the soil and similar practices that do not involve filling, grading, or construction of levees; e. Construction, installation of wood utility poles by a public entity or utility, traffic signs or similar traffic control devices by a unit of local government; or, f. Construction, maintenance or replacement of sidewalks, driveways, solidly anchored playground equipment or the creation of public open space,athletic fields, trails for hiking, walking or biking and similar uses, provided no structures or buildings are erected, no fences built and all activities take place at existing grade which involves no placement of fill, no alteration of the drainage and no changes in any watercourse. G. EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION: A manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed or buildings to be constructed(including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads) is completed before the effective date of the floodplain management regulations adopted by a community. H. EXPANSION TO AN EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK OR SUBDIVISION: The preparation of additional sites by the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads). I. FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency