2012-12 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 66 - REGULATION OF LAKE DECATUR

Home Browse Search

j 7 t CHAPTER 66 REGULATION OF LAKE DECATUR 1. DEFINITIONS. Terms used in this Chapter shall have the following meanings: "Watercourse" shall mean any stream, channel, or natural or artificial spring of any kind in which water flows continuously or intermittently over any part of the drainage area into any part of the reservoir directly or indirectly. "Drainage Area" shall refer to that area of land or water over which the City has jurisdiction that drains to the Sangamon River above the Decatur public water supply dam. "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 the highway running North and South across what is known as the Oakley Bridge, hereinafter described. "High Water Mark" shall mean the contour known as 615 feet above sea level, referring to United States Government elevations as obtained from bench mark established in the City. "Intake" shall mean the place where the water supply for the City is taken into the conduit or pipe from the reservoir. "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. "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. "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 Staley Bridge, formerly Cowford Bridge. "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. Revised 4/12