2023-07 Ordinance Amending City Code Chapter 66 Regulation of Lake Decatur

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Revised 02/2017 H. Lost Bridge shall mean that bridge which spans the original channel of the Sangamon River in Section 24, Decatur Township, Macon County, Illinois, and commonly known as Lost Bridge. I. Oakley Bridge shall mean that bridge which spans the original channel of the Sangamon River in Section 24, Whitmore Township, and Section 24, Oakley Township, Macon County, Illinois, situated North of the Village of Oakley,Macon County, Illinois, and is commonly known as the Oakley Bridge. J. Rea's Bridize shall mean the bridge which spans the original channel of the Sangamon River on County Highway 24 and in Section 33, Township 17 North, Range 3 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Whitmore Township, Macon County, Illinois, and is commonly known as Rea's Bridge. K. Reservoir shall mean the artificial reservoir formed by the dam constructed near the U.S. Route 51 Bridge south of the City, or by other structures required at a later date within the limits of the present drainage area, which reservoir or reservoirs are to be used as a source of the public water supply for the City,which reservoir is hereby named and designated as Lake Decatur, also referred to herein as "the Lake". The upstream limits of such reservoir,which is located within the Sangamon River Valley, is the West side of Macon County Highway 25 running North and South across what is known as the Oakley Bridge, hereinafter described. L. Shore Line means the extended point where the plane of the surface of the waters of the reservoir touches the land.