COMMERCIAL VACATION ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article Vll, Section 6 (a) ofthe 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government ahd affairs; and.
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WHEREAS, the properties at 11303-11305 S, Spaulding Avenue are owned by Margaret Mary McDevitt ("Homeowner"); and j
WHEREAS, the Homeowner proposes to use the portion ofthe alley remnant to be vacated herein for construction of a garage on their currently subsized lot; and j
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WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chicago, after due investigation and consideration, has determined that the nature and extent ofthe. public use and the public interest to be subserved is-such as to warrant the vacation of that portion of the public alley, described in the following ordinance; now therefore, j
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1.
VACATION OF: THE WEST 8 FEET OF A NORTH-SOUTH 16 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY AS
DESCRIBED IN DEED TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOR STREET AND ALLEY DOCUMENT,
RECORDED NOVEMBER 13, 1956' AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 16753263, IN BLOCK 1, IN
ROBERTSON AND YOUNG'S ADDITION TO MORGAN PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE
NORTH 831 FEET (EXCEPT THE WEST 40 RODS THEREOF) OF THE SOUTH 'lOO ACRES OF
THE NORTHEAST VA OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 13;|EAST OF THE
THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL
CONTAINING 328. SQUARE FEET OR 0.0075 ACRES, MORE OR LESS as shaded and legally
described by the words "HEREBY VACATED" on the plat hereto attached as Exhibit B, which plat
for greater clarity, is hereby made a part of this ordinance, be and the same is hereby vacated and
closed, inasmuch as trie same is no longer required for public use and the public interest will be
subserved by such vacation. ; _
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"SECTION 2. The Cily of Chicago hereby reserves for the benefit of .'Comm...
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