(A) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the County Stormwater Management Ordinance.
(B) The County Board adopts this chapter pursuant to its authority to regulate stormwater management and govern the location, width, course, and release rate of all stormwater runoff channels, streams, and basins in the county, in accordance with the County Comprehensive Countywide Stormwater Management Plan. The statutory authority for this chapter is contained in 55 ILCS 5/5-1041, 5-1042, 5-1049, 5-1062, 5-1063, 5-1104, 5-12003 and 5-15001 et seq., and 415 ILCS 5/43, and other applicable authority, all as amended from time to time.
(Res. O-62-9-06, passed 9-14-2006; Ord. O-134-12-19, passed 12-12-2019)