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COMMERCIAL ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago ("City") is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 (a) ofthe 1970 constitution ofthe 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 3145-3165 S. Robinson Street & 3130-3156 S. Ashland Avenue are owned by Chicago Title Land Trust No. 5361; and
WHEREAS, Chicago Title Land Trust No. 5361 proposes to use the portion ofthe street and alley to be vacated herein for landscaping and parking; 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 public street, 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 a street commonly known as South Robinson Street lying Southwesterly of and adjacent to the Southwesterly line of Lots 10,11,12 and 13 in Stinson's Subdivision of Blocks 1,2 and 10 in Canal Trustees' Subdivision ofthe East 1/4 of Section 31, Township 39 North, Range 14, East of the Third Principal Meridian (except that part thereof lying East of a line 67 feet West of and parallel with the East line of said Section, heretofore taken by the City of Chicago for Streets), in Cook County,
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Illinois, more particularly described as follows: beginning at the most Northwesterly corner of said Lot 10; thence Southeasterly along the Southwesterly line of said Lots 10,11,12 and 13, a distance of 204.94 feet to the aforesaid line 67 feet West of and parallel with the East line of said Section 31; thence Northwesterly along a curve concave to the Northeast and having a radius of 32.98 feet and a chord of 31.46 feet to a point on a line 15.00 feet Southwesterly of and parallel with the Southwesterly line of said Lots...
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