INTERGOVERNMENTAL VACATION ORDINANCE
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 properties at 5600-5608 W. 63rd Street, and 6238-6244 and 6248-6258 S. Central Avenue, are owned by the City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the Chicago Department of Aviation proposes to assemble properties including the portion ofthe alley to be vacated; and
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Chicago, after due investigation and consideration, has determined that the nature and extent of public use and the public interest to be subserved is such as to warrant the vacation of part of the public,alley described in the following ordinance; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. THAT PART OF AN EAST-WEST 16 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY, LYING SOUTH OF AND ADJOINING THAT PART OF LOT 18 IN THE THIRD ADDITION TO CLEARING, A SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RECORDED MAY 29, 1913 AS DOCUMENT # 5195550, ANTE-FIRE, LYING NORTH OF AND ADJOINING LOTS 19, 20, 21, AND 22 IN SAID THIRD ADDITION TO CLEARING SUBDIVISION, LYING EAST OF AND ADJOINING THE NORTHERLY EXTENSION ON THE WEST LINE OF LOT 22, ALSO BEING THE EAST LINE OF LOT 23, IN SAID THIRD ADDITION TO CLEARING SUBDIVISION AND LYING WEST OF AND ADJOINING THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF S. CENTRAL AVENUE, ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, CONTAINING 1540 SQUARE FEET, 0.04 ACRES MORE OR LESS, as shaded and legally described by the words "HEREBY VACATED" on the plat hereto attached as Exhibit A, which drawing for greater clarity, is hereby made a part of this ordinance, be and the same is hereby vacated and closed, inasmuch as the...
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