Posted on 07/12/2021 1:13:04 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
According to Illinois water laws, not every waterway is open to the public.
Complaints from landowners about the public tubing down the river directly past their homes have prompted the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) to review the public's right to access the DuPage River
So now, the state is reviewing the use of the river and will determine if public access can continue. According to the Naperville Sun, they attempted to reach the IDNR for comment but did not hear back regarding the specific Dupage River case.
Illinois water laws are different than in most other states. You may think when you are in the water you are on public property, but landowners can own the land that extends into the river, meaning just floating past private homes on a tube or kayak might be trespassing.
Only some of Illinois waters are labeled as open to public use. And the DuPage River is not one of them.
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If you know the right people.
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If they’re tubing right past your house, then your house is built on a flood plain...
Gibbon v. Ogden? Stare decisis?
Must be annoying the uber rich. Michael Moore comes to mind.
What if Jeffrey Toobin were tubing? Would they complain?
They’re going be a lot more annoyed when the river comes into their house to play.
I don’t see the problem here. A friend of ours owns about 6 acres in Kendall County. The property is bisected by a creek. He has deeded private access so according to the law he owns about 250 feet or so of said creek.
He’s been to court more than once with the County over it and the County has lost every time.
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Which we can only hope happens soon!
We tube a river here in a very rural area. For most here it is assumed to be practically a right.
It’s never the hotties tubing down the river like in the old Mountain Dew television commercials.
Oh yeah....Naperville. Tells me everything I need to know. I’m actually pretty familiar with that river. The city has an extensive (and expensive) river walk open to public use. The homes tend to be up on the bluffs where there are bluffs or set back from the flood plain because when it in flood it is kind of amazing. In normal flow it is a pretty good size river and I can see why people might want to tube it. Tubers get rambunctious and loud. Can’t have that by muh home...
Glad I don’t live any where near Chicago. Wish I didn’t live in Illinois. But kinda stuck here.
Then you’re doing it wrong.
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