COMMERCIAL 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 801-815 W. 38th Street, 819-837 W. 38th Street, 800-814 W. 38th Place, 824-836 W. 38th Place, 3801-3813 S. Lituanica Avenue, 3817-3831 S. Lituanica Avenue, and 3800-3830 S. Halsted Street are owned by JMK LLC, an Illinois limited liability company; and
WHEREAS, the properties at 816-822 W. 38th Place are owned by 3810 S. Halsted LLC, an Illinois limited liability company; and
WHEREAS, the above property owners (together, the a"Developers") are affiliated with each other by virtue of common ownership in whole or in part, and both are affiliated with Lincoln Provision, Inc., by virtue of common ownership in whole or in part, a meat packing and distribution business that operates at the properties; and
WHEREAS, the Developers propose to use the alleys to be vacated herein for internal roadways, the creation of a secure campus, and for potential facility expansion; 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 vacation of those parts of the public alleys described in the following ordinance; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1.
VACATION: ALL OF THE NORTH-SOUTH AND EAST-WEST 18 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ALLEYS SOUTH OF AND ADJOINING THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY OF W. 38TH STREET, NORTH OF...
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