2023-09 Ordinance Adding City Code Chapter 66.2 Regulation of Lake Decatur Docks

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H. 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. I. Permanent Dock shall mean a dock designed and constructed to not be removed from the lake each winter. J. 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. K. Shore Line means the extended point where the plane of the surface of the waters of the reservoir touches the land. L. Temporary Dock shall mean a dock designed and constructed to be removed from the lake each winter. M. 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.