Springfield, Ill., City Code § 96.045 Buildings and structures including sea walls.
§ 96.045. - Buildings and structures including sea walls.
No building or other structure, whether for habitation or otherwise, including any dock, wharf, boathouse, or anchored or stationary raft shall be constructed, altered, or maintained within the limits of zones A, B, C, D, or E, unless written permission, based on a written application setting forth the location, specifications, and intended use thereof is provided by the general manager of public utilities or designee. Such permission shall appear on the City of Springfield building permit application, or on a separate office of public utilities form where a City of Springfield building permit is not required. No person shall cause the alteration of any portion of the shoreline of the reservoir without obtaining a permit from the general manager of public utilities or designee based on a written application setting forth the intended alteration, and without obtaining permits from appropriate state and federal regulatory authorities. All new sea wall, dock, and boat house installations shall require a site plan which shall be reviewed by the zoning administrator and shall be subject to the approval by the General Manager of The Office of Public Utilities and the Mayor. No building or other structure shall be constructed, altered, or maintained on property owned by the city and leased to another party without having first received a building permit from the department of building and zoning, which building permit shall not be issued until the application therefor has been examined by the zoning administrator who has determined that it complies with all applicable terms of chapter 155 as if the subject property was contained within the zoning classification described therein containing the most restrictive uses compatible with the present use of the subject property. No permission shall be issued by the office of public utilities for any "development" located within the "floodplain," as those terms are defined in chapter 150 of this Code, unless the provisions of chapter 150 have first been complied with. Permit applications for land where any part of the development is located within five feet in elevation of the floodplain will be forwarded during the review process to the floodplain reviewer for a written determination as to whether the location of the development necessitates a floodplain development permit. Any development in or within one foot in elevation of the "base flood elevation," as that term is defined in chapter 150 of this Code, is at the developers' risk.
(Ord. No. 208-3-96, § 1(Exh. A), 3-20-96; Ord. No. 371-10-11, § 1, 10-4-11; Ord. No. 159-5-14, § 1(Exh. A), 5-6-14; Ord. No. 202-05-22, § 1(Exh. A), 5-17-22)