§ 30-161. Authority and purpose.

(a)

Authority. This article is enacted pursuant to the powers granted to DeKalb County, Illinois by the Illinois Compiled Statutes, 55 ILCS 5/5-1062.2, and Illinois Drainage Law.

(b)

[Purpose.] The purpose of this article is to safeguard persons, protect property, prevent damage to the environment, and promote the public welfare by guiding, regulating and controlling the design, construction, use and maintenance of any development or other activity which disturbs or breaks the topsoil or otherwise results in the movement of earth on land situated in the county. It is the intention of this article that land disturbing activities not result in an increase in the rate of or the location of storm water runoff from properties in order to safeguard adjoining properties from the negative impacts of such runoff. Further, it is intended to require the temporary storage and the control of the rate of release of excess storm water thereby equitably apportioning the liabilities and benefits of storm water runoff between dominant and subservient estates.

(Ord. 2006-28, § 3, 11-15-06; Ord. No. 2010-18, § 3, 9-15-10)