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 3500-3558 S. Richmond Street are owned by Quality Properties, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company ("Developer"); and
WHEREAS, the Developer proposes to use the portion of the street to be vacated herein for storage; 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 portions of public street, described in the following ordinance; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. THE WEST 16 FEET OF SOUTH RICHMOND STREET, 66 FOOT WIDE, LYING EAST OF AND ADJOINING THE EAST LINE OF BLOCK 4 IN GROSS AND MOORE'S SUBDIVISION , LYING NORTH OF AND ADJOINING THE NORTH LINE OF THE WEST 36th STREET AND LYING SOUTH OF AND ADJOINING THE SOUTH LINE OF THE WEST 35th STREET, ALL IN GROSS AND MOORE'S SUBDIVISION IN THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RECORDED OCTOBER 30,1902, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 3314343, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SAID ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL CONTAINING 9,603 SQUARE FEET OR 0.22 ACRES, MORE OR LESS as shaded and legally described by the words "HEREBY VACATED" on the plat hereto attached as Exhibit A, which plat for greater clarity, is hereby made a part of this ordinance, be and the same is hereby vacated and closed, inasmuch as the same is no longer required for public use and the public interest will be subserved by such vacation.
SECTION 2. The City of Chicago hereby reserves for the benefit of Commonwealth Edison, AT&T/SBC, Comca...
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