COMMERCIAL VACATION 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 1162 N. Milwaukee Avenue and 1500-1510 W. Haddon Avenue are owned by WPA 13, LLC an Illinois limited liability company ("Developer"); and
WHEREAS, the Developer proposes to use the portion of the street to be vacated herein for construction of a four-story mixed-used, residential apartment building; 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 that portion of the public street, described in this ordinance; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
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VACATION OF THAT PART OF W. HADDON AVENUE 66 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY, BEING A 2 FOOT STRIP OF LAND LYING SOUTH OF AND ADJOINING THE MOST SOUTHERN LINE AND LYING SOUTHEASTERLY AND ADJOINING THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF LOT 18 IN BLOCK 1 IN PAGE BROTHERS SUBDIVISION RECORDED SEPTEMBER 2,1871; SAID 2 FOOT STRIP OF LAND NORTHEASTERN TERMINUS BEING THE SOUTHWESTERN LINE OF N. MILWAUKEE AVENUE AND THE SOUTHWESTERN TERMINUS BEING THE NORTHEASTERN LINE OF A16 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY EXTENDED SOUTHEASTERLY; ALL IN THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. SAID ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL CONTAINING 263 SQUARE FEET OR 0.006 ACRES MORE OR LESS
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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 ...
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