PUBLIC ALLEY OPENING
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 City can enhance public access by opening new rights of way or widening existing rights of way; and
WHEREAS the City seeks to open a pedestrian alley accessway in the block bounded by N. Milwaukee Avenue, W. Wrightwood Avenue and N. Sawyer Avenue; and
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. The opening of public right of way described as: LOT 4 IN BLOCK 3 IN HITT, RUNYAN AND ARCHER SUBDIVISION, RECORDED MARCH 10, 1873 PER DOCUMENT NUMBER 8842, IN THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SAID ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL CONTAINING 4,669 SQUARE FEET OR 0.10 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, as shaded and legally described by the words "HEREBY OPENED" on the plat hereto attached as Exhibit A (CDOT File: 26-35-20-3948), which plat for greater certainty, is hereby made a part of this ordinance, be.and the same is hereby opened to pedestrian traffic as the same is intended for public use and the public interest will be subserved by such opening.
SECTION 2. The opening herein provided for is made upon the express condition that within one hundred eighty (180) days after the passage of this ordinance, the Chicago Department of Transportation shall file or cause to be filed for record in the Office of the Cook County Clerk Recordings Division a certified copy of this ordinance, together with the full-sized corresponding plat 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 opening shall take effect upon the...
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