Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2022-2991

• Record #: O2022-2991
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/21/2022
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Housing and Real Estate
• Final action: 11/16/2022
• Title: Sale of vacant City-owned property at 2445 E 74th St to Michael Dennis Lofton II
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E.
• Topic: PROPERTY - Sale

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
11/16/2022	56591	City Council	Passed	Pass
11/15/2022		Committee on Housing and Real Estate	Recommended to Pass
9/21/2022	51465	City Council	Referred

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










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


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request of the Commissioner of Planning and Development, I transmit herewith ordinances authorizing the sale of City-owned properties tinder the Adjacent Neighbors Land Acquisition Program.

Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.


Very truly yours.

Mayor
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT
MAYOR
September 21, 2022










TO lilb: HONORABLE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

At the request of the Commissioner of Planning and Development, I transmit herewith ordinances authorizing the sale of City-owned properties under the Adjacent Neighbors Land Acquisition Program.

Your Favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.

Mayor
ORDINANCE

WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of government by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970, and, as such, may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and

WHEREAS, the City, through the foreclosure of demolition liens, tax sales and other methods of acquisition, has acquired title to numerous parcels of real property which are of minimal value and costly to clean up and maintain, and because title to such properties was vested in the City, the properties were exempted from real estate taxes, thus depriving the City of revenue; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to an ordinance (the "Original Program Ordinance") adopted by the City Council of the City ("City Council") on March 6, 1981 and published on pages 5584 - 5585 of the Journal of Proceedings of the City Council ("Journal") for such date, the City established a program for the disposition of certain vacant real property owned by the City known as the Adjacent Neighbors Land Acquisition Program; and

WHEREAS, the Original Pr...