COMMERCIAL ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 (a) ofthe 1970 constitution ofthe State of Illinois and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the properties at 2263-2267 W. Coulter Street, 2526-2536 S. Blue Island Avenue, 2538-2546 S. Blue Island Avenue, 2501-2509 S. Oakley Avenue, and 2513-2523 S. Oakley Avenue are owned by 25 Oakley LLC, an Illinois limited liability company ("Developer"); and
WHEREAS, the Developer proposes to use the portion of the alley to be vacated herein for parking/vehicle routing for a preexisting building, and for possible reconstruction or addition to said building; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chicago, after due investigation and consideration, has determined that the nature and extent of the public use and the public interest to be subserved is such as to warrant the vacations of those portions of public alleys, described in the following ordinance; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO: SECTION 1.
ALLEY* 1:
ALL THAT PART OF THE 16.00 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY EXTENDING NORTHEASTERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY IN BLOCK 11 IN REAPER ADDITION TO CHICAGO, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 20, 1873 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 136344, IN SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS LYING SOUTHERLY OF AND ADJOINING LOTS 25 TO 28 INCLUSIVE, AND LYING NORTHERLY OF AND ADJOINING LOTS 30 TO 35 INCLUSIVE, AND LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF LOT 28 TO THE MOST NORTHERLY NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF LOT 30, AND LYING SOUTHWESTERLY OF A LINE DRAWN AT RIGHT ANGLES ACROSS SAID ALLEY FROM A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY LINE OF LOT 35 THAT IS 14.00 FEET NORTHEASTERLY (AS MEASURED ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE) OF THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 35, SAID LAST...
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