What is Green Infrastructure?
The Village of Campton Hills is concerned about protecting and maintaining the natural resources within the Village and the surrounding region. It is estimated that there are more than 3,000 acres of land within the Village’s planning jurisdiction that could undergo some type of land-use change in the future.
Village officials have acknowledged that there are limitations in how the community’s existing ordinances, as well as county, state, and federal regulations, preserve and protect the irreplaceable natural resources in the region. These natural resources, comprised of wetlands, woodlands, streams, and the ecological communities they support, are collectively referred to as green infrastructure.
Village of Campton Hills Green Infrastructure Report
The purpose of the Green Infrastructure Report is to document and organize the planning-level natural resource data, in order to create a map of community or regional-scale green infrastructure.
This green infrastructure report can be utilized by the Village to effectively incorporate the region’s green infrastructure into future developments under its jurisdiction as well as other units of government. It can also be used as an educational tool to show existing residents and homeowner associations where the community’s green infrastructure is located within their parcels, and how they can manage those areas to both protect and enhance the integrity of those interconnected natural areas that span their property.