Section 3708.10 Purpose

Section 3708

Section 3708.10  Purpose

The purpose of this Part is to

provide rules governing construction and filling in the regulatory floodway of

rivers, lakes and streams of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will

Counties, excluding the City of Chicago so that

periodic inundation

will

not:

a)

Pose a danger to the general health and welfare of the user

;

b)

Require the expenditure of public funds

;

c)         Require

the provision of public resources or disaster

relief services

(Section 18g of the Rivers, Lakes and Streams Act [615 ILCS

5]); and

d)         Result singularly or cumulatively in greater flood damages or

potential flood damages due to increases in flood stage or velocities or loss

of flood storage.