COMMERCIAL 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 1 -7 E. Bellevue Place, 1019-1021 N. State Street and 1018-1020 N. Rush Street are owned by Friend Enterprises, LLC ("Developer"); and
WHEREAS, the Developer is currently occupying the portion of the street to be vacated herein with a permanent aluminum and glass expansion of the Gibson's Steakhouse restaurant; and
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 ofthe public street, described in the following ordinance; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO: SECTION 1.
VACATION OF:
THE SOUTH 10.00 FEET OF E. BELLEVUE PLACE 80 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY LYING EAST OF THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF N. STATE STREET AND LYING WEST OF THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF N. RUSH STREET, IN THE SUBDIVISION BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN CANAL, RECORDED MAY 2,1848, ANTE-FIRE. RE-RECORDED SEPTEMBER 24, 1877 AS DOCUMENT 151604, IN THE SOUTH FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING ABOVE THE HORIZONTAL PLANE OF 14.00 FEET, CITY OF CHICAGO DATUM AND BELOW THE HORIZONTAL PLANE OF 30.00 FEET, CITY OF CHICAGO DATUM, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
SAID PARCEL CONTAINING 684 SQUARE FEET OR 0.016 ACRES, MORE OR LESS as
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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 closed, inasmuch as the ...
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