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33 U.S.C. § 27bChicago River, West arm of South Fork of South Branch

submitted 67 years ago by Pub. L. 86-218 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 302 words · no verdicts yet

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This section declares part of the west arm of a Chicago River branch to be nonnavigable, starting September 1, 1959. It marks the area using distances measured along dock lines set by a 1911 Chicago ordinance. Before anyone fills in the waterway, the Army Corps of Engineers must approve bulkhead plans to hold the fill in place.

This is one undivided provision, with one condition attached. This covers the west arm of the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River, as the city of Chicago's ordinance of July 17, 1911 established it — located in the southwest quarter of section 32, township 39 north, range 14 east, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The specific area covered lies west of a straight line drawn between two points: one on the south dock line, 203.94 feet west of where the south dock line meets the west dock line of the east arm (as set by the 1911 ordinance); and one on the north dock line, 278 feet west of where the north dock line meets the west dock line of the South Fork's South Branch (again, as set by the 1911 ordinance). Starting September 1, 1959, this area is regarded as a nonnavigable water of the United States under the Constitution and laws of the United States. There is one condition (a proviso): before anyone places fill in this waterway, plans for a suitable bulkhead — a retaining wall to hold the fill — must first be submitted to, and approved by, the Corps of Engineers, United States Army.
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The portion of the west arm of the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River, as established by the ordinance of the city of Chicago on July 17, 1911, in the southwest quarter of section 32, township 39 north, range 14 east of the third principal meridian, in the city of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, lying westerly of a straight line drawn from a point in south dock line of the said west arm 203.94 feet westerly of the point of intersection of the south dock line of the said west arm with the west dock line of the east arm of the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River as established by said city of Chicago ordinance of July 17, 1911, measured along the south dock line of said west arm, thence to a point in the north dock line of the said west arm said point being 278 feet westerly of the intersection of the north dock line of the said west arm with the west dock line of the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River as established by said city of Chicago ordinance of July 17, 1911, measured along the north dock line of said west arm of the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River, is declared to be and is on and after September 1, 1959 to be regarded as a nonnavigable water of the United States within the meaning of the Constitution and laws of the United States: Provided, That plans for a suitable bulkhead to retain any fill to be placed in the waterway shall be submitted to and approved by the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, prior to the placing of such fill.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 86–218, Sept. 1, 1959, 73 Stat. 448.)

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  • 1959Enacted · Pub. L. 86-218 · 73 Stat. 448

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 86-218 on 1959-09-01.

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