Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2022-1253

• Record #: O2022-1253
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 4/27/2022
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation
• Final action: 5/23/2022
• Title: Expenditure of additional Open Space Impact Fee funds for reimbursement of environmental remediation costs associated with Garfield Park Eco Orchard on vacant City parcels on Fifth Ave between S Kedzie Ave and S Mozart St and at 3013 W Fifth Ave
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
• Topic: ENERGY/ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES - Open Space Impact Fees

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/23/2022	47863	City Council	Passed	Pass
5/11/2022		Committee on Special Events, Cultural Affairs and Recreation	Recommended to Pass
4/27/2022	46049	City Council	Referred

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT
MAYOR

April 27, 2022










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request ofthe Commissioner of Planning and Development, I transmit herewith ordinances authorizing the expenditure of Open Space Impact Fee Funds for environmental cleanup and floating garden projects.

Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.


ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago (the "City"), is a home rule unit of government under Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 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 City is authorized under its home rule powers to regulate the use and development of land; and

WHEREAS, it is a reasonable condition of development approval to ensure that adequate open space and recreational facilities exist within the City; and

WHEREAS, on April 1, 1998, the City Council of the City (the "City Council") adopted the Open Space Impact Fee Ordinance codified at Chapter 18 of Title 16 (the "Open Space Ordinance") of the Municipal Code of Chicago (the "Code") to address the need for additional public space and recreational facilities for the benefit of the residents of newly created residential developments in the City; and

WHEREAS, the Open Space Ordinance authorizes, among other things, the collection of fees from residential developments that create new dwelling units without contributing a proportionate share of open space and recreational facilities for the benefit of their residents as part of the overall development (the "Fee-Paying Developments"); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Open Space Ordinance, the Department of Finance ("DOF") has collected fees derived from the Fee-Paying Developments (the "Open Space Fees") and has deposited those fees in separate funds, each fund corresponding to the Community Area (as defin...