INTERGOVERNMENTAL VACATION ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City pf Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 (a), of the 1970 Constitution of the State pf Illinois and, as such, may exercise any power arid perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the properties at 4135-4145 W. Palmer Street. 4149-4157 W: Palmer Street, 2120-2144 N. Kedvale Avenue, 2148-2158 N. Kedvale Avenue, and 2149-2159 N. Keeler Avenue are owned by the Public Building Commission of the City of Chicago, an Illinois municipal corporation ("Developer"); and
WHEREAS, title to the properties at 4134-4142 W. Dickens Avenue, 4146-4156 W. Dickens Avenue, 2100-2116 N. Kedvale. Avenue, and 2101-2145 N. Keeler Avenue is held by the City of Chicago, a municipal corporation, as trustee, in trust for the use of schools; and
WHEREAS, the Developer proposes to assemble its adjacent properties, including the, portions of alleys to be vacated for the benefit and use of William P. Nixon Elementary School, a Chicago Public 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: vacation of the public alleys described in the following, ordinance; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Legal Description
Vacation of: THAT PART OF THE NORTH-SOUTH 16 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY IN BLOCK 2 IN THE SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORDED AUGUST 21, 1882 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER #414938, LYING NORTH OF AND ADJOINING THAT PORTION OF SAID NORTH-SOUTH ALLEY VACATED BY ORDINANCE PASSED NOVEMBER 24,1920 AND RECORDED MAY 24,1921 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER #7153724; LYING EAST OF AND ADJOINING LOTS 1...
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