Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2018-9198

• Record #: O2018-9198
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 11/14/2018
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation
• Final action: 12/12/2018
• Title: Expenditure of Open Space Impact Fee funds for improvements and creation of recreational facilities at West Ridge Nature Center (Park 568) at 5801 N Western Ave
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm
• Topic: ENERGY/ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES - Open Space Impact Fees

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
12/19/2018		Office of the Mayor	Signed by Mayor
12/12/2018	92558	City Council	Passed	Pass
12/5/2018		Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation	Recommended to Pass
11/14/2018	89694	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
November 14, 2018










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request ofthe Commissioner of Planning and Development, I transmit herewith ordinance authorizing an expenditure of Open Space Impact Fee Funds for the West Ridge Nature Preserve.

Your favorable consideration ofthis ordinance will be appreciated.

Mayor


Very truly yours,

ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City"), is a home rule unit of government under Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 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 Chicago Park District (the "Park District"), is an Illinois municipal corporation and a unit of local government under Article VII, Section 1 ofthe 1970 Constitution, of the State of Illinois, and as such is authorized to exercise control over and supervise the operation of all parks within the corporate limits of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized under its home rule powers to regulate the use and development of land; and

WHEREAS, it is a reasonable condition of development - approval to ensure that adequate open space and recreational facilities exist within the City; and

WHEREAS, on April 1, 1998, the City Council ofthe City (the "City Council") adopted the Open Space Impact Fee Ordinance codified at Chapter 18 of Title 16 (the "Open Space Ordinance") of the Municipal Code of Chicago (the "Code") to address the need for additional public space and recreational facilities for the benefit of the residents of newly created residential developments in the City; and
WHEREAS, the Open Space Ordinance authorizes, among other things, the collection of fees from residential developments that create new dwelling units without contributing a proportionate share of open space and recreational facilities for the benefit of their residents as ...