SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of government by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970, and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the City, through the foreclosure of demolition liens, tax sales and other methods of acquisition, has acquired title to numerous parcels of real property which are of minimal value and costly to clean up and maintain, and because title to such properties was vested in the City, the properties were exempted from real estate taxes, thus depriving the City of revenue; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an ordinance (the "Original Program Ordinance") adopted by the City Council of the City ("City Council") on March 6, 1981 and published on pages 5584 -5585 of the Journal of Proceedings of the City Council ("Journal") for such date, the City established a program for the disposition of certain vacant real property owned by the City known as the Adjacent Neighbors Land Acquisition Program; and
WHEREAS, the Original Program Ordinance was amended by ordinances adopted on July 23, 1982 and published in the Journal for such date at pages 11830 - 11833, and on January 7, 1983 and published in the Journal for such date at pages 14803 - 14805 (the Original Program Ordinance and such two amending ordinances, collectively, the "Original ANLAP Ordinances"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the City Council on September 14, 1994 and published in the Journal for such date at pages 56195 - 56198, the City Council repealed the Original ANLAP Ordinances, and established a new program, also known as the Adjacent Neighbors Land Acquisition Program, for the disposition of certain vacant real property owned by the City, which ordinance was subsequently amended by ordinances adopted on September 4, 2002 and published in the Journal for such date at pages 92771 - 92773, and on July 28, 2010 and published in the Journal for such date at pages 97370 - 97374, and on June 25, 2014 and published in the Journal for such date at pages 83533 - 83535 (such new program, as amended, the "ANLAP Program"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the ANLAP Program, as codified at Municipal Code Chapter 2-159-010 et seq. (the "ANLAP Program Ordinance"), a qualified City-owned parcel may be sold if it has an appraised value of not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the current ANLAP Program, if the property appraises at or for less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) the minimum, acceptable bid must be at least One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00); if the property appraises at or for less than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) but more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) the minimum acceptable bid must be at least Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00); and if the property appraises for more than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) the minimum acceptable bid must be Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), plus fifty percent (50%) of the appraised value which exceeds Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the ANLAP Program, an Adjacent Neighbor means a person who owns one parcel, or two or more contiguous parcels, or real property that is immediately
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adjacent to a city-owned parcel and at least one of the parcels is an improved parcel which the person occupies as his primary residence; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the ANLAP Program, any deed conveying a parcel pursuant thereto shall contain covenants which: (1) prohibit the grantee from conveying, assigning or otherwise transferring the parcel except in conjunction with the sale of the adjacent neighbor's parcel on which his primary residence is located; and (2) require that the parcel be improved with landscaped open space within six (6) months of the conveyance of such parcel and prohibit the construction of any permanent improvements on the parcel, excluding only improvements made by the grantee on the parcel that constitute an integrated addition to the grantee's primary residence, or a garage appurtenant thereto; and (3) require the grantee to maintain the parcel in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Code of Chicago. The covenants shall terminate ten (10) years after the date of the conveyance of the parcel to the grantee; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Planning and Development ("DPD") of the City desires to convey the vacant parcel of real property identified on Exhibit A to this ordinance (the "ANLAP Parcel") to Eugene Lamont Lee (the "Purchaser"), who have a principal residence of 6622 S. Wood Street, Chicago, Illinois 60636; and
WHEREAS, DPD has caused notice of the proposed sale of the ANLAP'Parcel to be sent to all eligible adjacent neighbors (if any); and
WHEREAS, Purchaser's proposal was the only proposal received by the deadline indicated in the aforesaid notice; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution Number 16-001-21 adopted on January 21, 2016, by the Plan Commission of the City of Chicago ("Commission"), the Commission approved the sale of the Property to the Purchaser; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. The City hereby accepts the bid of the Purchaser to purchase the ANLAP Parcel, which purchase shall be subject to all the terms, conditions, covenants and restrictions of the ANLAP Program and the ANLAP Program Ordinance.
SECTION 2. The Mayor or his proxy is authorized to execute, and the City Clerk or Deputy City Clerk is authorized to attest, a quitclaim deed conveying the ANLAP Parcel to the Purchaser for the purchase price of One Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($1,000.00). Such deed shall include a covenant obligating the Purchaser to use the ANLAP Parcel only for a use consistent with the requirements of the ANLAP Program Ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any provision of this ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect any of the other provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. All ordinances, resolutions, motions or orders inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and approval.
EXHIBIT A
Bidder: Eugene Lamont Lee
Bidder Address: 6622 S. Wood St., Chicago, IL 60630 60636
Appraised Value $1,160.00
Bid Amount: $1,000.00
Legal Description (Subject to Title Commitment and Survey):
Lot 9 (except North 5 feet) and North 7 feet Lot 10 in Block 60 in South Lynne a Subdivision of the North V* of Section 19, Township 38 North, Range 14, East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.
Address: 6620 S. Wood Street
Chicago, Illinois 60636
Property Index Number: 20-19-227-028-0000
JOSEPH A. MOORE
Alderman. 49th Ward 7356 North GreenviewAvenue Chicago. Illinois 60626 telephone: 773-338-5796 ward49@cityofchicago.org www ward49 com
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May 18, 2016
To the President and Members of the City Council:
Your Committee on Housing and Real Estate, for which a meeting was held on May 17, 2016, having had under consideration the ordinance introduced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel on April 13, 2016, this being the sale of City-owned property at 6620 S. Wood St. under the Adjacent Neighbors Land Acquisition Program, begs leave to recommend that Your Honorable Body Approve said substitute ordinance transmitted herewith.
This recommendation was concurred in by a voice vote of all committee members present with no dissenting votes.
Respectfully submitted,
/Joseph A. Moore, Chairman Committee on Housing and Real Estate