Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2018-9200

• Record #: O2018-9200
• 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 to LaSalle Language Academy outdoor play space at 1734 N Orleans St
• 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	92534	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 an ordinance authorizing an expenditure of Open Space Impact Fee Funds for the LaSalle Language Academy.

Your favorable consideration ofthis ordinance will be appreciated.


Very truly yours,


Mayor

ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "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 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 adopted the Open Space Impact Fee Ordinance codified at Chapter 18 of Title 16 (the "Open Space Ordinance") ofthe 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 part of the overall development (the "Fee-Paying Developments"); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Open Space Ordinance, the Department of Finance ("DOF") has collected fees derived from the Fee-Paying Developments (the "Open Space Fees") and has deposited those fees in separate funds, each fund corresponding to the Community Area (as defined in the Open Space Ordinance), i...