2017-05 Amending city Code Chapter 66 Regulation of Lake Decatur

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ORDINANCE NO. 2 017—0 5 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 66 - -REGULATION OF LAKE DECATUR- BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Chapter 66 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby modified and amended by amending language to the following Sections, reflecting the amendment. Said Sections as so modified and amended, shall provide as follows: 1. DEFINITIONS. "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. "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. "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. "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 Office and that area lying to the south and west of the property formerly used as the Beach House.