INTERGOVERNMENTAL VACATION ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 (a) ofthe 1970 Constitution ofthe 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 11001-11059 S. Church Street, 11042-11128 S. Vincennes Avenue, 1649-1661 W. Chelsea Place, 1631-1645 W. Chelsea Place, 1700-1714 W. Pryor Avenue and 1718-1730 W. Pryor Avenue; together with 11102-11128 S. Hermosa Avenue, 11132-11144 S. Hermosa Avenue, and 1800-1810 W. Monterey Avenue, all in Chicago, Illinois, are owned by the City of Chicago, an Illinois municipal corporation, In Trust for the Use of Schools, for the benefit and use of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, a body politic and corporate (such Board of Education, hereinafter referred to as the "Chicago Public Schools"); and
WHEREAS, the properties at 1810-1812 W. Monterey Avenue are owned by Neighborspace, which has agreed to quitclaim its interests in the adjacent to-be-vacated alley to the City of Chicago in Trust for the Use of Schools prior to finalization of the vacation; and
WHEREAS, the subject vacation areas have been constructed over by the Chicago Public Schools as part of the athletic field and parking lot serving Morgan Park High School; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chicago, after due investigation and consideration, has determined that the nature and extent of public use and the public interest to be subserved is such as to warrant the vacations of the public alleys described below; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO;
SECTION 1. EXHIBIT A Legal Description (larger area)
ALL OF THE NORTHERLY-SOUTHERLY 16-FOOT-WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY IN BLOCK 47 OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, BEING A RESUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED ON JUNE 27, 1872 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 39778, IN THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 18 AND THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 19, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, SAID NORTHERLY-SOUTHERLY ALLEY LYING SOUTH OF AND ADJOINING THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF W. CHELSEA PLACE; LYING NORTH OF AND ADJOINING THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF W. PRYOR AVENUE; LYING WEST OF AND ADJOINING THE WESTERLY LOT LINE OF LOTS 1
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THROUGH 24 AND LYING EAST OF AND ADJOINING THE EASTERLY LOT LINE OF LOTS 25 THROUGH 48 IN SAID BLOCK 47; ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SAID ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL CONTAINING 9,619.59 SQUARE FEET OR 0.22 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, as shaded and legally described by the words "HEREBY VACATED" on the plat hereto attached as EXHIBIT A, which drawing for greater clarjty, is hereby made a part of this ordinance.
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EXHIBIT B Legal Description (smaller area)
THAT PART OF THE EASTERLY-WESTERLY 16-FOOT-WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY LYING SOUTH OF AND ADJOINING LOT 12 IN BLOCK 53 OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, BEING A RESUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED ON JUNE 27, 1872, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 39778, IN THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING EAST OF AND ADJOINING THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 12 TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 18 IN SAID BLOCK 53; LYING NORTH OF AND ADJOINING LOTS 13 THROUGH 17 AND THAT PART OF LOT 18 IN SAID BLOCK 53 AND LYING WEST OF AND ADJOINING THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY OF S. HERMOSA AVENUE; ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SAID ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL CONTAINING 2,406.46 SQUARE FEET OR 0.06 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, as shaded and legally described by the words "HEREBY VACATED" on the plat hereto attached as EXHIBIT B, which drawing for greater clarity, is hereby made a part of this ordinance, and the areas depicted in the plats attached as Exhibits A and B are hereby vacated and closed, inasmuch as the same is no longer required for public use and the public interest will be subserved by such vacations.
SECTION 2. The vacations herein provided for are made upon the express condition that within one hundred eighty (180) days after the passage of this ordinance, the Chicago Public Schools or its assign shall file or cause to be filed for recordation with the Office of the Clerk of Cook County, Illinois, Recordings Division, a certified copy of this ordinance, together with the associated full-sized plats as approved by the Department of Transportation's Superintendent of Maps and Plats.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. The vacations shall take effect and be in force from and after the recording of this ordinance and the approved plats of vacation.
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Vacations Approved:
Commissioner
Department of Transportation Approved as to Form and Legality
Arthur Dolinsky Senior Counsel
Introduced By:
Honorable Matt O'Shea Alderman, 19,h Ward
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