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| Stormwater Management
Facility Design & Maintenance Standard |
It is the intent of the District to maximize
the water quality benefits during and after
construction, while also minimizing the
potential for soil loss and impacts on habitat,
trees, wetlands and floodplains. This requires
that both temporary and permanent best
management practices be thoroughly considered
during the design, construction, and long term
maintenance of the facility. The use of current
standards, identified in the Illinois Urban
Manual, is encouraged. Often the facility is
designed to only satisfy ordinance requirements
pertaining to stormwater runoff. Opportunities
to provide additional benefits exist but are
seldom included in the stormwater management
design.
In the development of the facility concept,
consideration should be given to minimizing
impacts on other competing objectives and that
the concept be part of the overall site plan
development from an aesthetics viewpoint. |
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| Aerial Reproductions
Policy |
For the purpose of funding the reproduction
and restoration of our historic aerial
collections the following will be the North Cook
Co. Soil & Water Conservation District’s policy
for all reproductions made:
Paper Reproduction
In-House: You may make paper copies for
$1.00 a sheet.
Digital Reproduction
In-House: Use of a personal scanner to
make record of a photo will be billed at $20 per
photo. Digital photographs taken of aerial
photos will be billed at $10 per picture taken.
Faxed Request for
Mailing: Aerial research, copy, and
mailing will be billed at $10 for the first two
sheets and $4 a sheet thereafter. |
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| Natural Resources
Information Reports (NRI) Policies |
1) If an NRI
application covers property which lies partially
in two different counties, the county with the
most acreage involved will issue the report.
2) If there is no
natural resource information available on a
site, i.e. soils, no floodplains, or wetlands,
or no changes to the tributary diversions and
there would be very minimal environmental
impact, send a cover letter to all involved.
This includes the village officials and the
petitioner.
This letter should state that the petitioner has
complied with Section 22.02a.
Fee: $50
3) If a site has
been previously reviewed and the same petitioner
applies again, we will check to make sure that
proposed development is the same or similar and
that there is no zoning change. Dependent on
development changes on adjacent property, there
may or may not be significant impacts. Send a
new cover letter stating these possible impacts.
However, we will need to review the site for
wetlands, since this has become an important
issue lately. It may not have been considered
in the original report.
Fee: $75
4) If a site has
been previously reviewed and the same petitioner
applies again, we will check to make sure the
proposed development is the same or similar and
that there is no zoning change. However, after
reviewing the site, we will need additional
thought from the first report. This will
require a cover letter and a change of
conclusions from the first report. We will
amend original report using some of the
information in that report.
Fee: $150
5) If a different
petitioner applies for an assessment on a site,
which previously has been reviewed, check for
zoning changes and how many years since the last
report. If it has been many years since the
last report, and if there are significant
changes in the proposed use and adjacent land
use practices, we will issue a full report. We
will mention the old report in the new
assessment. In cases like this, be aware of the
fact that a developer may not have developed
this property for a reason. If an area was
planned as stormwater detention for a project,
then many years later that detention area gets
developed, they may have skirted the required
detention issue. In this case, the Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District (MWRD) should receive
a copy so they will be notified.
Fee: normal NRI fees
apply
6) Dependent upon
the natural resources on the site, we will send
copies of our report to other agencies:
a. if there is modification or construction
within the designated floodway, send a copy to
IDOT/IDNR Office of Water Resources Permit
Section.
b. if there is wetland modification or filling,
contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Permit Section.
c. Questions about stormwater management send
copies to MWRD.
d. Cook County Highway Department, Drainage &
Utility Section or the Township Highway
Department should be notified when appropriate. |
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