PUBLIC STREET CLOSURE TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO THAT THE FOLLOWING PORTION OF PUBLIC WAY BE CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC:
SECTION 1. THAT PART OF S. LOWE AVENUE 66 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY; LYING SOUTH OF AND ADJOINING THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY OF W. 79TH STREET; LYING NORTH OF AND ADJOINING THE WESTERLY EXTENSION (TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1, BLOCK 2) OF THE EAST-WEST 16 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC ALLEY VACATED BY ORDINANCE PASSED JUNE 13, 1945, RECORDED JULY 10, 1945 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER #13548069; LYING EAST OF AND ADJOINING LOT 1 (BLOCK 2) AND WEST OF AND ADJOINING LOT 6 (BLOCK 1) GEO. A. CHAMBER'S SUBDIVISION OF THAT PART OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ABOVE SAID DESCRIBE PARCEL CONTAINING 6600 SQUARE FEET, OR 0.152 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, as shaded and legally described by the words "HEREBY CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC" ("Closure") on the drawing hereto attached as EXHIBIT A, which drawing for greater certainty, is hereby made a part of this ordinance, be and the same is hereby closed to vehicular, inasmuch as the same is intended for use by the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transportation Authority ("METRA") for station expansion, as agreed between METRA and the City of Chicago in that certain "Easement Agreement" recorded August 17, 2021, as document 2122922041, a copy of which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT B, the public interest being subserved by such closing.
SECTION 2. The closure herein contemplated is made with the express condition that access to underground utilities and restoration obligations shall be as set forth in the Easement Agreement.
SECTION 3. The closure herein provided for is made upon the express condition that all improvements made to the area to be closed shall be as agreed upon in the Easement Agreement.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take ef...
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