Aurora requires stormwater management plans for development projects. The Fox River watershed drives significant stormwater requirements. Kane County Stormwater Management Commission provides regional oversight. Green infrastructure encouraged.
Aurora's engineering division enforces stormwater management requirements for all development and redevelopment projects. The Fox River watershed creates substantial drainage management needs. Kane County Stormwater Management Commission provides regional oversight and standards. Development projects must submit stormwater management plans showing detention, retention, and drainage. Green infrastructure including rain gardens, permeable pavement, and bioswales is encouraged. Properties in the floodplain have additional stormwater requirements. The city's combined sewer areas in older neighborhoods have specific overflow management protocols.
Non-compliant stormwater management: stop-work order. Drainage damaging neighbors: code enforcement action.
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Aurora requires vehicles on residential property to be registered, operable, and have current plates. Inoperable or unregistered vehicles must be stored in e...
Aurora, IL
Aurora prohibits commercial vehicles above B-plate classification from parking or storage in residential areas. This includes tow trucks, panel trucks, dump ...
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Aurora limits residential fences to a maximum height of 6 feet (including posts and end caps), restricts fences within 15 feet of intersecting property lines...
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Aurora prohibits feeding wildlife that creates nuisance conditions. Trash must be secured to prevent wildlife encounters. The Fox River corridor attracts coy...
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Aurora requires working smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors in all residences per Illinois law (425 ILCS 60 and 430 ILCS 135). Rental properties ar...
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Aurora is not in a designated wildfire hazard zone. Illinois does not have wildland-urban interface zones like western states. Standard fire prevention codes...
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