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 165-189 N. Ogden Avenue, 155-163 N. Ogden Avenue and 1400-1410 W. Randolph Street are owned by MP Randolph High Rise LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Developer"); and
WHEREAS, the Developer proposes to use the portion of the alley to be vacated herein for inclusion in the construction of a new mixed use, rental building being built on the adjacent lots; 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 alley, described in the following ordinance; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1.
VACATION OF: THAT PART OF AN EAST-WEST 10.0 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 20 (BEING ON THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY OF SAID EAST-WEST PUBLIC ALLEY AND ALSO ON THE WESTERN TERMINUS OF SAID PUBLIC ALLEY PREVIOUSLY VACATED PORTION PER DOCUMENT NUMBER 15716021 RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1953) IN BLOCK 1 IN UNION PARK ADDITION TO CHICAGO IN THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT (ANTE-FIRE) THEREOF RECORDED MAY 20, 1854 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 51099: THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 29 MINUTES 59 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 20 A DISTANCE OF 22.00 FEET TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF N. OGDEN AVENUE: THENCE NORTH 22 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 05 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE 10.91 FEET TO THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY OF SAID EAST-WEST PUBLIC ALL...
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