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 11634-11658 S. Mackinaw Avenue, 11635-11659 S. Mackinaw Avenue, 3338-3348 E. 117th Street, 3352-3362 E. 117th Street, 11634-11658 S. Green Bay Avenue, 11635-11659 S. Green Bay Avenue, 3400-3410 E. 117th Street, 3314-3424 E. 117th Street, and 11634-11658 S. Avenue O are owned by DRC Management LLC, an Illinois limited liability company ("Developer"); and
WHEREAS, the Developer proposes to use the portions of the streets and alleys to be vacated herein for assembly and future development; 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 that portion of the public alley described below; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1.
VACATION OF:
THAT PART OF THE NORTH-SOUTH 66 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY OF S. MACKINAW AVENUE LYING EAST OF AND ADJOINING LOTS 53 THROUGH 60; LYING WEST OF AND ADJOINING LOTS 45 THROUGH 52; LYING SOUTH OF AND ADJOINING A LINE FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 52 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 53 AND LYING NORTH OF AND ADJOINING THE NORTH LINE OF E. 117TH STREET BEING A 66 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, ALL INCLUSIVE IN MEA'S SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 15 EAST, OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 10, 1906, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 3965096, ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SAID ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL CONTAINING 17,684 SQUARE FEET, OR 0.406 ACRES, MORE OR LESS,
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