PUBLIC STREET OPENING
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 (a) of the 1970 constitution of the State of Illinois and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the City can enhance public access by opening new rights of way or widening existing rights of way; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks to widen to standard width W. 38th Street by opening the northern half of the street between approximately S. May Street and S. Morgan Street; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. The opening of public right of way described as:
THAT PART OF W. 38TH STREET, AN EAST-WEST 33 FOOT WIDE STRIP OF LAND BEING THE SOUTH 33 FEET OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPLE MERIDIAN; LYING EAST OF AND ADJOINING THE EAST LINE OF S. MAY STREET 33 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY PROJECTED SOUTH; AND LYING WEST OF AND ADJOINING THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY OF S. MORGAN STREET; SAID EAST-WEST 33 FOOT WIDE STRIP OF LAND AS DEPICTED IN DEED OF DEDICATION DOCUMENT NUMBERS #94789551, #94789552 AND # 94789553, RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 09, 1994; ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SAID ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCELS CONTAINING A TOTAL AREA OF 31,583 SQUARE FEET, OR 0.725 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, as shaded and legally described by the words "HEREBY OPENED" on the plat hereto attached as EXHIBIT A, which plat for greater certainty, is hereby made a part of this ordinance, be and the same is hereby opened to public vehicular traffic as the same is intended for public use and the public interest will be subserved by such opening.
SECTION 2. The opening to vehicular traffic herein provided for is made upon the express condition that within one hundred eighty (180) days after the passage of this ordinance, the Chicago Department of Transportation shal...
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