COMMERCIAL ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 (a) of the 1970 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 properties at 1346-1354 N. Paulina Road and 4001 -4011 W. Hirsch Street are owned by Chicago Title Land Trust 5406; and
WHEREAS, Chicago Title Land Trust 5406 proposes to use the portion of the street and alley to be vacated herein for dedicated company parking and truck circulation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chicago, after due investigation and consideration, has determined that the nature and extent of the public use and the public interest to be subserved is such as to warrant the vacation of part of the public alley, described in the following ordinance; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. All that part of the 16 foot North-South alley, lying East of and adjacent to the East line of Lot 11 in Block 1 in Demarest and Kamerling's Grand Avenue Subdivision of the North 1/2 of the Southeast % of the Northeast % of Section 3, Township 39 North, Range 13, East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded to the South by the South line of said Lot 11, extended East, and lying South of the South right-of-way line of West Hirsch Street, in Cook County, Illinois as shaded and indicated by the words "TO BE VACATED HEREIN" on the drawing hereto attached, which drawing for greater certainty is hereby vacated and closed, inasmuch as the same is no longer required for public use and the public interest will be subserved by such vacation.
SECTION 2. The City of Chicago hereby reserves for the benefit of Commonwealth Edison, AT&T-lllinois/SBC and Comcast, their successors or assigns, an easement to operate, maintain, construct, replace, and renew overhead poles, wires, and associated equipment and underground cond...
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