(615 ILCS 10/18) (from Ch. 19, par. 96)
Sec. 18.
In the construction of such waterway through the City of Joliet,
the elevation of the water surface at normal stage shall not be higher at
Granite Street than minus 40.5 Chicago
city
datum, and in the event that the shoal reach between the upper basin of the
Illinois and Michigan Canal and the crossing of the Elgin, Joliet and
Eastern Railway is deepened 2 feet or more, then the
elevation of the
water surface at normal stage shall not be higher at Granite Street than
minus 41 Chicago city datum, and the channel through said
city shall
not be less than 270 feet in width between
Spring
Street on the north and Lafayette Street on the south. Any dams constructed
in connection with and for the maintenance of this pool of water shall be
of such design as to quickly dispose of all flood waters. Adequate
intercepting sewers shall be constructed of sufficient size and at such
depth as will provide outlets not only for the present sewers that may be
interfered with by the construction of such waterway, but also of
sufficient size and depth to take care of all the watershed tributary to
the Des Plaines River that may be interfered with by
changing the water
levels through the City of Joliet. The Department of Natural Resources is
authorized to utilize such riparian rights of the Sanitary District of
Chicago in, through and near the City of Joliet and along the Des Plaines
River in the County of Will as, in its judgment, may be found necessary for
the construction, maintenance and operation of such waterway, or for the
development of water power in connection therewith, and the Department of
Natural Resources shall not be required to make compensation to such Sanitary
District for the right so utilized, except that the Department of
Natural Resources shall reimburse such Sanitary District for any expense to
which it may be put as a result of such act of the Department of
Natural Resources in the maintenance and operation of such Sanitary District
channel. The Sanitary District of Chicago shall not be deprived of access
to such waterway over any walls or embankments constructed, or of the
enjoyment of dockage rights in connection with any property it has acquired
or owns, subject only to the use of such property by the Department of
Natural Resources for waterway and power purposes.
(Source: P.A. 89-445, eff. 2-7-96; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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