Legal Question in Environmental Law in Illinois

flooding problem cause by the yard next door

i have a house that has founation problem in the basement the only time i have a major problem is when it rains badly and the house next door yard turns into a pond. And the reason it floods so badly is because their yard is not even , so water stays their for a couple of days. and our house is on a little hill but still floods our basement and as much as we try to fix the basement and take the water out it dosent help when their is so much water out there and they pump their water out on to their yard which adds more water is their something that i can do


Asked on 3/10/09, 6:12 pm

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Shell Bleiweiss Law Offices of Shell J. Bleiweiss

Re: flooding problem cause by the yard next door

There are probably engineering fixes for your flooding problem. As far as an environmental law fix, from what you have told me I don't see any solution under federal or state law. Your local ordinances might address the subject in building or zoning codes, or maybe as a part of your local stormwater management program. Have you talked to anyone at your local municipality?

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Answered on 3/10/09, 7:03 pm


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