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Crystal Lake Park District commissioners are voicing concerns about a city proposal to change watershed rules and allow denser development on the north side of the community’s namesake lake.
The city proposes to allow owners and developers to build on or pave over 50 percent of their acreage, up from the longtime limit of 20 percent. The revised ordinance would require swales and wetlands to filter storm runoff.
“I’m satisfied that the engineering is technically correct,” said Dave Phelps, a park commissioner. “But engineering is subject to failure because the city’s plan depends on monitoring a man-made system in perpetuity.”
But Eric Anderson, also a commissioner, said, “It’s too complicated a system to be monitored.”
