90-70 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 66 - DOCKS AND PIERS

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. y' � , . �Y � �� ORDINANCE NO. � " �� ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE ' - CHAPTER 66 - - DOCRS AND PIERS - i BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, I ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Section 48 of Chapter 66 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby, modified and amended at subsections (b) and (m) thereof, so that as so modified and amended said subsections (b) and (m) of Section 48 of Chapter 66 provide as follows: " (b) No pier or dock shall be constructed immediately in front of another owner' s private property; provided that, owners of property abutting the Lake may grant easements appurtenant to owners of property lying within 500 feet of the shoreline of the Lake, as the same exists at high water mark, €or purposes of dock construction and maintenance, and ingress and egress therefrom and thereto, and such grantees of said easements, and their heirs, successors and assigns, may be issued a permit for, and may construct and maintain, a dock on said abutting property, for personal use. Not more than three such docks belonging to grantees of easements, as- described herein, or their heirs, successors or assigns, r�ay be constructed on abutting property. (m) In Shere Line Zones 1 and 2, permits will be issued for docks or piers only to �he extent that space is available in the judgment of the Lake Manager with preference being given to multipl.e boat installations and in Shore Line Zone 3 permits will be issued only to persons owning property abutting the Lake for piArs or docks located at such abutting prr�perty, except as provided in subsections (b) and (n) . " Section 2. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, authorized and directed t� cauae the provisions hereof to be appropriately set out in the City Code and to cause the s�me to be published in pamphlet f�rm according to law.