Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2015-1517

• Record #: O2015-1517
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 3/18/2015
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Housing and Real Estate
• Final action: 4/15/2015
• Title: Sale of City-owned property at 4325 S Marshfield Ave to Jose M. Ochoa under Adjacent Neighbors Land Acquisition Program
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: PROPERTY - Sale

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
4/15/2015	106188	City Council	Passed	Pass
4/9/2015		Committee on Housing and Real Estate	Recommended to Pass	Pass
3/18/2015	102823	City Council	Referred

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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL Mayor
March 18,2015










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 ordinances authorizing the sale of city-owned property.

Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.

Mayor

Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of government by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970, and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the City, through the foreclosure of demolition liens, tax sales and other methods of acquisition, has acquired title to numerous parcels of real property which are of minimal value and costly to clean up and maintain, and because title to such properties was vested in the City, the properties were exempted from real estate taxes, thus depriving the City of revenue; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an ordinance (the "Original Program Ordinance") adopted by the City Council of the City ("City Council") on March 6, 1981 and published on pages 5584 -5585 of the Journal of Proceedings of the City Council ("Journal") for such date, the City established a program for the disposition of certain vacant real property owned by the City known as the Adjacent Neighbors Land Acquisition Program; and
WHEREAS, the Original Program Ordinance was amended by ordinances adopted on July 23, 1982 and published in the Journal for such date at pages 11830 - 11833, and on January 7, 1983 and published in the Journal for such date at pages 14803 - 14805 (the Original Program Ordinance and such two amending ordinances, collectively, the "Original ANLAP Ordinances"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the City Council on September 14, 1994 and published in the Journal for such date at pages 56195 - 56198, the Ci...