Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2019-9530

• Record #: O2019-9530
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 12/18/2019
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation
• Final action: 1/15/2020
• Title: Expenditure of Open Space Impact Fee funds to Chicago Dept Transportation for South Branch Chicago River and Bubbly Creek access study among communities of Bridgeport, Lower West Side and three parks along waterway
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
• Topic: ENERGY/ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES - Open Space Impact Fees

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
1/15/2020	13060	City Council	Passed	Pass
1/8/2020		Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation	Recommended to Pass
12/18/2019	11623	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT
MAYOR

December 18, 2019










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CI TY 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 expenditure of Open Space Impact Fee funds.

Mayor

Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.
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 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 part of the overall development (the "Fee-Paying Developments"); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Open Space Ordinance, the City's 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) in which ea...