COMMERCIAL 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 2015-2025 W. Monroe Street, 101-107 S. Seeley Avenue, and 111-113 W. Seeley Avenue are owned by Amphitheater, L.L.C. Series Westside-Seely, an Illinois limited liability company ("Developer"); and
WHEREAS, the Developer proposes to use the portion of the alley to be vacated herein for the assemblage of the to-be-vacated public alley with the adjacent parking lots; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chicago, after due investigation and consideration, has determined that the nature and extent ofthe public use and the public interest to be subserved is such as to warrant the vacation of part of public alley, described in the following ordinance; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1.
THE EAST-WEST 12 FOOT PUBLIC ALLEY LYING NORTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 7 AND LYING SOUTH OF THE SOUTH LINE OF LOTS 1 TO 6, INCLUSIVE, AND LYING EAST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 7 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 1 AND LYING WEST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 7 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 6, ALL IN THORPE'S SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 15,16, 17 AND THE NORTH 5 FEET OF LOT 14 OF BLOCK 2 OF OWSLEY'S SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RECORDED APRIL 19,1875, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 23823, BEING ALSO DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 7; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 19 SECONDS WEST 12.00 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 1; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 45 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOTS 1 TO 6...
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