OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITV OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
November 21, 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 ordinance authorizing an amendment to the boundaries of Enterprise Zone 4.
, Your favorable consideration of this ordinance will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
Mayor
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chicago on November 5, 2014, passed an ordinance establishing Enterprise Zone 4, appearing in the Journal of Council Proceedings of the City of Chicago (the "Journal") on pages 95120 to 95126 (the "Designating Ordinance"); and
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago is permitted under the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, 20 ILCS 655/1 et seq. ("Illinois Enterprise Zone Act") to amend or modify the boundaries of Enterprise Zones subject to the approval of the State of Illinois (the "State") through its Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity ("DCEO"); and
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago has determined that a portion of Enterprise Zone 4 is qualified to be deleted as an area in which the local objectives for economic development have been accomplished; and
WHEREAS, all required procedures have been followed in the modification of the boundaries of Enterprise Zone 4, as required under the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act and the Chicago Enterprise Zone Ordinance, Chapter 16-12 of the Municipal Code of Chicago (the "Chicago Enterprise Zone Ordinance"); now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. That Exhibit A referenced in Section 2 of the Designating Ordinance is hereby deleted and replaced with the new Exhibit A attached hereto and hereby incorporated herein.
SECTION 2. That Section 3 of the Designating Ordinance is hereby further amended by deleting the bracketed, italicized language and inserting the underlined language as follows:
"That Zone 4 meets the qualification requirements of Section 4 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, in that:
It is a contiguous area entirely within the City of Chicago;
It comprises [8.98] 2.39 square miles, which is within the range allowed by the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act;
It meets the following three criteria:
the designation will result in the development of substantial employment opportunities by creating or retaining a minimum aggregate of 1,000 full-time
¦ equivalent jobs due to an aggregate investment of $100,000,000 or more, and will help alleviate the effects of poverty and unemployment within the local labor market area;
all or part of the local labor market area has a poverty rate of at least 20% according to the latest federal decennial census, 50% or more of children in the local labor market area participate in the federal free lunch program according to reported statistics from the State board of education, or 20% or more households in the local labor market area receive food stamps according to the latest federal decennial census; and
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(iii) the local labor market area contains a presence of large employers that have downsized over the years, the labor market area has experienced plant closures in the 5 years prior to the date of application affecting more than 50 workers, or the local labor market area has experienced State or federal facility closures in the 5 years prior to the date of application affecting more than 50 workers.
4. It satisfies all other additional qualification requirements established to date by regulation of DCEO.
SECTION 3.The recitals hereto are expressly incorporated herein and are made a part of this ordinance as though fully set forth herein.
SECTION 4. The modification of the boundaries of Zone 4 provided herein shall not be effective unless the State approves such modification, and unless and until such approval is given none of the tax and regulatory incentives provided in the Chicago Enterprise Zone Ordinance shall apply to this reduced area.
SECTION 5. The tax incentives provided in the Chicago Enterprise Zone Ordinance shall only apply in the reduced area provided herein for transactions occurring on or after the date of the approval of such reduced area by the State.
SECTION 6. The Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development (the "Commissioner"), as Zone Administrator for the City of Chicago or a designee of the Commissioner, is hereby authorized to make a formal written application to DCEO and to supply other information as needed to have this amendment to Enterprise Zone 4 approved and certified by the State.
SECTION 7. This ordinance shall be effective from and after its passage and approval.
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EXHIBIT A - Legal Description and Map
THAT PART OF THE SECTIONS 1, 12 AND 13 OF TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13; SECTIONS 5, 7, 8 OF TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14; SECTIONS 23, 25 AND 26 IN TOWNSHIP 40, RANGE 13, AND SECTIONS 30, 32 AND 31 IN TOWNSHIP 40, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE CENTERLINE OF'NORTH KEDZIE AVENUE AND THE CENTERLINE WEST GRAND AVENUE IN SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13;
THEN SOUTHEAST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE OF WEST GRAND AVENUE TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH WESTERN AVENUE;
THEN SOUTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH WESTERN AVENUE TO THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF LOTS 85 TO 109 IN SUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 24 OF CANAL TRUSTEES' SUBDIVISION IN THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 7;
THEN EAST ALONG THE WESTERLY EXTENSION AND THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOTS 85 TO 109 IN SUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 24 AND ITS EASTERLY EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH LINE OF LOTS 86 TO 110 IN SUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 23, SAID SOUTH LINE ALSO BEING THE NORTH LINE OF WEST FERDINAND STREET;
THEN EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF WEST FERDINAND STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH HOYNE AVENUE;
THEN NORTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH HOYNE AVENUE TO THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF WEST FERDINAND STREET;
THEN EAST ALONG THE WESTERLY EXTENSION AND THE NORTH LINE OF WEST FERDINAND STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH DAMEN AVENUE;
THEN NORTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH DAMEN AVENUE TO THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF WEST FERDINAND STREET;
THEN RUNNING EAST ALONG THE WESTERLY EXTENSION AND THE NORTH LINE OF WEST FERDINAND STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH WOOD STREET;
THEN NORTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH WOOD STREET TO THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF WEST FERDINAND STREET;
THEN EAST ALONG THE WESTERLY EXTENSION AND THE NORTH LINE OF WEST FERDINAND STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH PAULINA STREET;
THEN SOUTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH PAULINA STREET TO THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF WEST FERDINAND STREET;
THEN EAST ALONG THE WESTERLY EXTENSION AND THE NORTH LINE OF WEST FERDINAND STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH ASHLAND AVENUE;
THEN SOUTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH ASHLAND AVENUE TO THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF LOTS 16 AND 34 IN W. WALLER'S SUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 16 OF GEORGE BICKERDIKE'S ADDITION TO CHICAGO, BEING THE
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WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 8, SAID NORTH LINE ALSO BEING THE SOUTH LINE OF THE 18 FOOT ALLEY SOUTH OF WEST GRAND AVENUE;
THEN EAST ALONG THE WESTERLY EXTENSION AND THE NORTH LINE OF LOTS 16 AND 34 IN W. WALLER'S SUBDIVISION TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH ARMOUR STREET;
THEN SOUTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH ARMOUR STREET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST FERDINAND STREET;
THEN EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST FERDINAND STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH NOBLE STREET;
THEN SOUTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH NOBLE STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF WEST HUBBARD STREET;
THEN EAST ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF WEST HUBBARD STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH OGDEN AVENUE;
THEN RUNNING NORTHEAST ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH OGDEN AVENUE TO THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY;
THEN RUNNING NORTHWEST ALONG THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY TO THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY-KIMBALL AVENUE EXIT RAMP;
THEN NORTHWEST ALONG THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY-KIMBALL AVENUE EXIT RAMP AND ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH AVONDALE AVENUE TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH KIMBALL AVENUE;
THEN SOUTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH KIMBALL AVENUE TO THE CENTERLINE OF WEST HENDERSON STREET;
THEN WEST ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF WEST HENDERSON STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH DRAKE AVENUE;
THEN NORTHWESTERLY AND NORTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH DRAKE AVENUE TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE WESTERLY LINE OF THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY RIGHT OF WAY;
THEN NORTHWEST ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY RIGHT OF WAY TO THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY-ADDISON STREET EXIT RAMP;
THEN NORTHWEST ALONG THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY-ADDISON STREET EXIT RAMP TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE CENTERLINE OF VACATED WEST EDDY STREET; .
THEN EAST ALONG THE WESTERLY EXTENSION AND THE CENTERLINE OF VACATED WEST EDDY STREET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST HALF OF LOT 14 IN ASSESSOR'S DIVISION OF THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 23 (EXCLUDING THE RAILROAD);
THEN SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST HALF OF LOT 14 IN ASSESSOR'S DIVISION TO THE SOUTH LINE THEREOF;
THEN SOUTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 14 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT A IN FERGUSON'S CONSOLIDATION OF PARTS OF LOTS 2, 3, 11, 14 AND ALL OF LOT 12, IN ASSESSOR'S DIVISION OF THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 23;
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THEN NORTHEAST A DISTANCE OF 31.98 FEET, SOUTHEAST A DISTANCE OF 64.03 FEET, AND EAST A DISTANCE OF 271.51 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT A IN FERGUSON'S CONSOLIDATION TO A LINE 62 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE THEREOF;
THEN NORTH ALONG SAID LINE TO A LINE 90 FEET NORTH OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT A IN FERGUSON'S CONSOLIDATION;
THEN EAST ALONG SAID LINE 62 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT A IN FERGUSON'S CONSOLIDATION;
THEN NORTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF SAID LOT A IN FERGUSON'S CONSOLIDATION, EXTENDED NORTH, TO THE CENTERLINE OF WEST ADDISON STREET;
THEN EAST ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF WEST ADDISON STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH SPAULDING AVENUE;
THEN SOUTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH SPAULDING AVENUE TO THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF A PARCEL OF PROPERTY IN COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.'S RIGHT OF WAY SUBDIVISION IN SECTIONS 23 AND 24 AND BEARING PIN 13-23-402-098;
THEN EAST ALONG THE WESTERLY EXTENSION AND THE NORTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL OF PROPERTY BEARING PIN 13-23-402-098 TO THE EAST LINE THEREOF;
THEN SOUTH A DISTANCE OF 108.29 FEET AND SOUTHWEST A DISTANCE OF 37.49 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID PARCEL OF PROPERTY BEARING PIN 13-23-402-098 TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE NORTH LINE OF A PARCEL OF PROPERTY BEARING PIN 13-23-402-026 IN SAID COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.'S RIGHT OF WAY SUBDIVISION;
THEN NORTHEAST A DISTANCE OF 21.16 FEET AND SOUTHEAST A DISTANCE OF 24.44 FEET ALONG SAID PARCEL OF PROPERTY BEARING PIN 13-23-402-026 TO THE EAST LINE THEREOF; SAID LINE ALSO BEING THE WEST LINE OF A PARCEL OF PROPERTY BEARING PIN 13-23-402-011;
THEN SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG A CURVE TO LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 368.76 FEET ALONG SAID PARCEL OF PROPERTY BEARING PIN 13-23-402-011 TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER THEREOF;
THEN NORTHEASTERLY ALONG A CURVE TO RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 359.26 FEET AND TO A LINE 322 FEET SOUTH OF AND PARALLELWITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID PARCEL OF PROPERTY BEARING PIN 13-23-402-011, EXTENDED EAST, TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH KEDZIE AVENUE;
THEN RUNNING SOUTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH KEDZIE AVENUE TO THE NORTHBOUND KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY;
THEN RUNNING SOUTHEAST ALONG THE NORTHBOUND KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY TO THE CENTERLINE OF WEST DIVISION STREET;
THEN RUNNING EAST ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF WEST DIVISION STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE CHICAGO RIVER;
THEN RUNNING NORTHWEST AND NORTHEAST ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE CHICAGO RIVER, AND INSIDE THE TURNING BASIN, TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE CENTERLINE OF THE NORTH BRANCH CANAL IN SECTION 5;
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THEN RUNNING SOUTHEAST ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF THE NORTH BRANCH CANAL TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH HALSTED STREET;
THEN RUNNING SOUTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH HALSTED STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF WEST CHICAGO AVENUE;
THEN WEST ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF WEST CHICAGO AVENUE TO THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE EAST LINE OF LOT 7 IN BLOCK 4 IN J. A. YALE'S RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 8, 9 AND 12 IN BLOCK 8, LOTS 1 TO 12 INCLUSIVE AND THE NORTH 10 FEET OF LOTS 13 AND 14 IN BLOCK 9, LOTS 2, 3, 6 AND 7, 10, 11, 12 AND THE NORTH 10 FEET OF LOTS 13 AND 14 IN BLOCK 10, LOTS 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10,11 AND THE NORTH 10 FEET OF LOT 14 IN BLOCK 11, LOTS 10 TO 12 AND THE NORTH 10 FEET OF LOTS 13 AND 14 IN BLOCK 12, ALL IN WIGHT'S ADDITION TO CHICAGO;
THEN NORTH ALONG THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION AND THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 7 IN BLOCK 4 TO THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 14 IN BLOCK 4 IN AFORESAID J. A. YALE'S RESUBDIVISION;
THEN WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 14 IN BLOCK 4 IN J. A. YALE'S RESUBDIVISION AND ITS WESTERLY EXTENSION TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH LESSING STREET;
THEN NORTH AND NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH LESSING STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF WEST CHESTNUT STREET;
THEN WEST ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF WEST CHESTNUT STREET TO THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH SANGAMON STREET;
THEN SOUTH ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF NORTH SANGAMON STREET TO A POINT INTERSECTING WITH THE EASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 8 IN AFORESAID J. A. YALE'S RESUBDIVISION;
THEN NORTHWEST FROM A POINT INTERSECTING WITH THE EASTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 1 IN BLOCK 8 TO THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER AND ITS NORTHWEST EXTENSION OF LOT 19 IN BLOCK 8 IN AFORESAID J. A. YALE'S RESUBDIVISION, SAID NORTHWEST EXTENSION IS A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 5;
THEN NORTHWEST FROM A POINT ON THE AFORESAID WEST LINE OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 5 TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF NORTH OGDEN AVENUE, SAID POINT BEING ALSO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THE VACATED ALLEY ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 30, 1908 AS DOCUMENT 4307923;
THEN NORTHWEST ALONG THE SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF THE VACATED ALLEY TO THE EAST LINE OF VACATED NORTH CARPENTER STREET;
THEN SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF NORTH CARPENTER STREET TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY RIGHT OF WAY;
THEN RUNNING NORTHWEST ALONG THE SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY RIGHT OF WAY TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE NORTH LINE OF VACATED WEST CHESTNUT STREET;
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THEN WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF VACATED WEST CHESTNUT STREET TO THE EAST LINE OF NORTH MAY STREET;
THEN NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY RIGHT OF WAY TO THE WEST LINE OF NORTH ELSTON AVENUE;
THEN NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF NORTH ELSTON AVENUE TO THE CENTER LINE OF WEST AUGUSTA BOULEVARD;
THEN WEST ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF WEST AUGUSTA BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE 16 FOOT ALLEY WEST OF NORTH ELSTON AVENUE;
THEN NORTH ALONG THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION AND THE CENTERLINE OF THE ALLEY WEST OF NORTH ELSTON AVENUE TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE 22 FOOT ALLEY SOUTH OF WEST CORTEZ STREET;
THEN WEST ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF THE 22 FOOT ALLEY SOUTH OF WEST CORTEZ STREET TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY RIGHT OF WAY;
THEN NORTH ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY RIGHT OF WAY TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE VACATED 15 FOOT ALLEY SOUTH OF WEST DIVISION STREET;
THEN WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE VACATED 15 FOOT ALLEY SOUTH OF WEST DIVISION STREET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE NORTHBOUND KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY;
THEN RUNNING SOUTHEAST ALONG THE NORTHBOUND KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF NORTH OGDEN AVENUE;
THEN RUNNING SOUTHWEST ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF NORTH OGDEN AVENUE TO THE SOUTH LINE OF WEST LAKE STREET;
THEN RUNNING WEST ON WEST LAKE STREET TO THE EAST LINE OF NORTH WESTERN AVENUE;
THEN RUNNING SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF NORTH WESTERN AVENUE AND ALONG SOUTH WESTERN AVENUE TO THE WESTBOUND EISENHOWER EXPRESSWAY;
THEN RUNNING WEST ALONG THE WESTBOUND EISENHOWER EXPRESSWAY TO SOUTH KEDZIE AVENUE;
THEN RUNNING NORTH ALONG SOUTH KEDZIE AVENUE AND ALONG NORTH KEDZIE AVENUE TO SAID POINT OF THE BEGINNING.
(See Attachment A - Map)
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ATTACHMENT A - Map
See attached map.
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