kane county stormwater technical guidance manual - Kane County, IL

ARTICLE 13 – FEE-IN-LIEU OF SITE RUNOFF
STORAGE AND WETLAND MITIGATION
§ T1300 Fee-in-Lieu of Site Storage Runoff
The Director or Administrator may in some limited circumstances pay a fee-in-lieu of
site runoff storage to fulfill part or all of the site runoff storage requirement. The fee
will be determined to be the lesser of
a fee per acre foot or part thereof computed from a schedule adopted by the
permitting authority.
OR
the verifiable cost of providing the required storage
§ T1301 Procedures; Use of Funds
The Administrator shall grant or deny the fee-in-lieu request within 45 days of written
request. The funds shall be collected and used in the same watershed for which
they were paid. The fees may be used to plan, design, construct or improve
stormwater management facilities in the watershed for which they were collected.
§ T1302 Fee-in-Lieu of Wetland Mitigation
If a wetland mitigation is required under this ordinance, the applicant may choose to
satisfy the mitigation requirement by paying a fee-in-lieu of mitigation. To satisfy the
requirements of § 1302 the applicant shall:
Prepare a statement of the estimated probable cost to acquire the land, install,
monitor and maintain a wetland mitigation facility for five years as if the applicant
had chosen to satisfy the mitigation requirement by mitigating within a wetland
mitigation facility;
and
If mitigation credits are available from any wetland mitigation bank, the applicant
shall also prepare a statement of the estimated probable cost of satisfying the
mitigation requirement through the purchase of credits from a wetland mitigation
bank as if the applicant had chosen to satisfy the mitigation requirement in such
manner. Each estimate shall require the approval of the Director and the fee-in-lieu
of wetland mitigation shall be the lesser of the two estimates.
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