TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin & City Council
FROM: Law Department
DATE: December 18, 2019
SUBJECT:title
Public Hearing Only - Special Service Area #201 Poly USA Expansion (Vacant Lots East of Russell Avenue & North of New Haven Avenue) Aurora, Illinois, Kane County (PINS 15-16-177-011 & 15-16-177-013).
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PURPOSE:
To call for a public hearing pursuant to Ordinance No. O19-075 which was passed on November 12, 2019.
BACKGROUND:
The Kane County Stormwater Management Ordinance, which the City has adopted by reference, provides that public entities shall establish a special service area, in the manner set forth in Illinois law, to serve as a backup vehicle to fund the maintenance of stormwater drainage system or facilities required by law or ordinance, in the event that the property's owners fail to do so, as a condition for the issuance of a stormwater management permit. Phase one of this proposed SSA #201 was passed by City Council on November 12, 2019. Pursuant to State Statute we are required to wait 60 days from passage of the proposed Ordinance to call for a Public Hearing to establish the Special Service Area. This phase two, requires notice and the actual public hearing.
DISCUSSION:
The 60 days have passed so the Public Hearing can be held. Legal notice by publication was published in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipality of the Special Service Area on December 23, 2019. Notice by mailing was given on December 23, 2019 by depositing the notice in the United States mail addressed to the person or persons in whose name the general taxes for the last preceding year were paid on each property lying within the special service area.
Dormant SSA's are a mechanism for the City to tax owners of the property to pay the cost of the ongoing maintenance of storm water control facilities in the event the owners fail to maintain the facilities themselves. This backup funding mechanism is a prerequisite for stormwater permit issuance and the ...
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