(A) Prohibition. On and after the effective date of this section, no person shall use or attempt to use as a potable water supply groundwater from within an area designated as a restricted groundwater zone, within the corporate limits of the village, as a potable water supply, by the installation or drilling of wells or by any other method.
(B) Restricted groundwater zone. The following properties shall be designated a restricted groundwater zone:
Street Address | Property Tax ID |
Portion of 500 East Street | 08-21-501-001 |
Portion of 419 East Street | 08-21-233-002 |
Begin at the eastern most edge of Illinois Route 47, then westerly along the southern edge of Front Street to the western edge of the intersection of Front Street and Gifford Street, then southerly to a point 50 feet south of the southern edge of South Street, then easterly to the eastern edge of Illinois Route 47, then north 219 feet to the point of beginning. | |
Figure 1 in Appendix A to this chapter illustrates the area of the restricted groundwater zone.
(C) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, limited liability company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, the village and any of its or their legal representatives, agents or assigns.
POTABLE WATER. Any water used for human or domestic consumption, including, but not
limited to, water used for drinking, bathing, swimming, washing dishes, preparing foods, watering lawns, or watering gardens in which produce intended for human consumption is grown.
RESTRICTED GROUNDWATER ZONE. That areal extent of “groundwater”, within the village limits, and around the “source” of a “release” of “petroleum,” “pesticides” or “regulated substance,” as those words are defined in the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, 415 ILCS 5/1 et seq., (“the Act”), which has been designated by the Board of Trustees by this section. That area shall extend, at a minimum, to any area within the measured and modeled extent of groundwater contamination above what would otherwise be the applicable Tier 1 groundwater remediation objectives at 35 Illinois Administrative Code 742.
(Ord. 2012-04, passed 5-21-2012; Ord. 2013-03, passed 5-13-2013; Ord. 2014-08, passed 7-7-2014; Ord. 2015-07, passed 4-20-2015) Penalty, see § 51.999