2023-08 Ordinance Adding City Code Chapter 66.1 Regulation of Lake Decatur Boating

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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. "Shore Line" means the extended point where the plane of the surface of the waters of the reservoir touches the land. F. U.S. Route 36 Bridge shall mean that bridge which spans the original channel of the Sangamon River on U.S. Route 36 and in Section 18, Decatur Township, and Section 19, Long Creek Township, Macon County, Illinois, near Nelson Park, and commonly known as Route 36 Bridge. G. U.S. Route 51 Bridge shall mean the bridge which spans the original channel of the Sangamon River on U.S. Route 51 and in Section 22, Decatur Township, Macon County, Illinois, and is commonly known as Route 51 Bridge. H. William Street Bridge shall mean that bridge which spans the original channel of the Sangamon River on U.S. Route 105 and in Section 8,Decatur Township, Macon County, Illinois, and is commonly known as the William Street Bridge. "Definitions" as defined by the current Boat Registration and Safety Act, Article I, 625 ILCS 45/1-2, shall also apply to this Chapter. 2. BOATING PROHIBITED - LAKE. Boating of any kind or character is hereby prohibited in Lake Decatur in that area lying west of a line 300 feet upstream from the east side of the public highway known as U. S. Route 51.