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

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r Chapter 66 "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 the County Bridge. "Rea's Bridge" 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. "Shore Line" means the extended point where the plane of the surface of the waters of the reservoir touches the land. "Front Footage" means that amount of shore line space along which a dock or pier is constructed. "Shore Line Zone 1" is that shore line lying to the north and west of the eastern edge of the breakwater located south of the Lake Patrol Office and that area lying to the south and west of the property formerly used as the Beach House. "Shore Line Zone 2" is that shore line located to the west and south of Route 36 and north and west of Lost Bridge Road not included in Shore Line Zone 1. "Shore Line Zone 3" is all other shore line not included in Shore Line Zone 1 or Shore Line Zone 2. "Terms" as defined by the current Boat Registration and Safety Act, Article I, 625 ILCS 45/1-2, shall also apply to this Chapter. 2. ZONES DEFINED. Zone "A" shall consist of all land lying within the high water mark or below the high water mark, in the reservoir site, whether flooded or not. This zone includes tributary watercourses upstream to the aforesaid high water mark. Zone "B" shall consist of that portion of the drainage area within 100 feet of the high water mark around the reservoir and within the same distance of said high water mark of any of its tributaries extending upstream (following the channel of the stream) and a distance of one- half mile from the high water mark upstream of said tributaries, and shall include at certain places all land extended from the 100 foot limit to the top of the bluffs and to the end of ravines where slopes are steep. Zone "C" shall consist of territory within 100 feet of Zone "B" as specified. Zone "D" shall constitute the territory within 500 feet of Zone "C" as specified. Zone "E" shall constitute the remainder of the drainage area.