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Record #: O2014-9405   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 11/19/2014 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Housing and Real Estate
Final action: 12/10/2014
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Title 2 by adding new Chapter 157 establishing Large Lot Program and authorization to enter into agreement with Local Initiatives Support Corp. for maintenance and hosting of program-related website
Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
Topic: AGREEMENTS - Miscellaneous, MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 2 - City Government & Administration - Ch. 157 [Untitled]


OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR


November 19,2014









TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request of the Commissioner of Planning and Development, I transmit herewith an ordinance adding Section 2-157 to the Municipal Code regarding the Large Lot Program, and associated authorization for an agreement with LISC.

Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.

Mayor

Very truly yours,

ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of government under Section 6(a), Article VII ofthe Constitution ofthe State of Illinois of 1970 and may exercise any power related to its local governmental affairs; and

WHEREAS, the City has acquired title to numerous parcels of vacant property located throughout the City of Chicago pursuant to its responsibility to protect the health, safety and welfare; and

WHEREAS, many of the City-owned parcels are of minimal value, yet are costly for the City to clean up and maintain; and

WHEREAS, it is the City's intention to establish by this ordinance a program (such program, the "Large Lot Program") for the disposition of certain City-owned, vacant parcels, which would allow local residents to have greater control over land in their neighborhood, and provide opportunities to possibly profit from selling those parcels in the future as the areas in which the parcels are located revitalize; and

WHEREAS, Local Initiatives Support Corporation ("LISC") developed and currently hosts a website (the "Large Lot Website") that contains information relating to the Large Lot Program, including the addresses of parcels and whether persons have submitted applications to own them, and the City wishes to subsidize LISC's continued maintenance and hosting of such website; now, therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. The above recitals are expressly adopted herein as the legislative findings ...

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