Showing ordinances that apply to Lakewood Shores, IL
Lakewood Shores is an unincorporated community (population 665) in Will County, Illinois. Because Lakewood Shores is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Will County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The stormwater management rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Will County Stormwater Management Ordinance (adopted 2007, amended 2023) governs all new development disturbing 0.5+ acres or adding 5,000+ sq ft impervious. Detention, water-quality, and compensatory storage required in Des Plaines, DuPage, Hickory Creek, and Kankakee River basins. FEMA flood maps apply.
The Will County Stormwater Management Ordinance (WCSMO), administered by the Will County Stormwater Management Planning Committee under 70 ILCS 1815 (Will County Stormwater Management Commission Act), is one of the most comprehensive stormwater regulations in Illinois. It applies countywide, including within most municipalities via intergovernmental agreement (certified communities include Joliet, Bolingbrook, Plainfield, Romeoville, Lockport, Frankfort, Mokena, and New Lenox). Key triggers: any development disturbing 0.5 acres or more, or creating 5,000+ sq ft of new impervious surface, requires a stormwater permit. Major developments require detention/retention sized for 100-year 24-hour storms, water-quality treatment for the first 1.25 inches of runoff, and compensatory storage at 1.5:1 for any fill within the 100-year floodplain. FEMA flood maps (Flood Insurance Rate Maps) govern floodplain boundaries, which are significant along the Des Plaines River (Joliet/Lockport/Romeoville), DuPage River (Plainfield/Naperville), Hickory Creek (New Lenox/Mokena/Frankfort), and Kankakee River (southern county). MS4 permits under the federal NPDES program and Illinois EPA regulate city-wide discharges. Illicit discharge enforcement is shared between Will County Land Use, municipalities, and the Illinois EPA.
Development without stormwater permit: stop-work order, $1,000 to $10,000/day under 70 ILCS 1815/19. Illicit discharge to storm drains: $500 to $10,000 plus remediation. Floodplain fill without permit: mandatory removal plus fines. Maintenance failure: escalating fines after notice.
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