OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
February 22, 2017
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.
Very truly yours,|10 10|
Mayor
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 is vested in the City, the properties are 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 through 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 through 11833, and on January 7, 1983, and published in the Journal for such date at pages 14803 through 14805 (the Original Program Ordinance and such 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 p...
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