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PROPOSED ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE A FOREST PRESERVE NEAR SWEET WOODS
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A FOREST PRESERVE in part of Section 14, Township 35 North, Range 14, East of the Third Principal Meridian, all in Cook County, Illinois near Sweet Woods in District 5.
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois (the “District”), pursuant to the statutes in such case made and provided, has from time to time acquired by purchase, condemnation, gift, grant, devise, or otherwise, lands necessary and desirable for District purposes containing one or more natural forests or parts thereof, or lands connecting such forests or parts thereof, or lands capable of being reforested for the purpose of protecting and preserving the flora, fauna, and scenic beauties within the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois, and to restore, restock, protect, and preserve the natural forests and said lands together with their flora and fauna, as nearly as may be, in their natural state and condition, for the purpose of the education, pleasure, and recreation of the public; and
WHEREAS, the said Board of Commissioners of the District also has acquired in like manner lands for the consolidation of such preserves into unit areas of a size and form convenient and desirable for public use and economical maintenance and improvement, and lands for the purpose of connecting such preserves with forested ways or links in order to increase their accessibility, use, and enjoyment, and lands for improvement by forestation, roads, and pathways, and lands for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating recreational facilities; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the District has in a like manner acquired lands along water courses or elsewhere which, in their judgment, were required to control drainage and water conditions and necessary for the preservation of forested areas acquired or to be acquired as preserves and lands for the purpose of extension of roads and forested ways around and by such preserves and for parking space for automobiles and other facilities not requiring forested areas but incidental to the use and protection thereof.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the District as follows:
Section 1. That a unified Forest Preserve be and the same is hereby created within the District which shall contain and connect lands now owned and lands to be acquired in substantial accordance with the plat now on file in the office of the General Superintendent of the District, which by reference is hereby made a part hereof, and for the purposes of said Forest Preserve and for the carrying out of the statutory purposes more particularly set out in the preamble of this ordinance, it is necessary and desirable for the District to own and it shall acquire property hereinafter described in Section 2 of this ordinance, for the purpose of creating a Forest Preserve and for District uses.
Section 2. That the lands referred to in Section 1 of this ordinance are more particularly described as follows:
1309 EAST JOE ORR ROAD, LYNWOOD, ILLINOIS
PARCEL 1:
THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, (EXCEPT ALSO FROM SAID PARCEL THE SOUTH 115.5 FEET THEREOF AND THAT PORTION OF THE SAID PARCEL THAT LIES WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF DEER CREEK) IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
PARCEL 2:
THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, EXCEPTING THAT PORTION OF THE SAID PARCEL THAT LIES WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF DEER CREEK, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
PARCEL 3:
THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, (EXCEPT THEREFROM THE NORTH 150 FEET OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 CONVEYED TO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS, BY WARRANTY DEED DATED DECEMBER 18, 1923 AND RECORDED DECEMBER 21, 1923 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 8227745, AND EXCEPT THAT PART FALLING IN THE SOUTH 115 1/2 FEET OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 AND EXCEPT THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SAID NORTHWEST 1/4; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST 1/4, A DISTANCE OF 75 FEET; THENCE SOUTH ALONG A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 89 DEGREES, 15 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WITH THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE MEASURED FROM EAST TO SOUTH, A DISTANCE OF 29.61 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG A CURVED LINE TANGENT TO THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE CONVEX TO THE SOUTHWEST AND HAVING A RADIUS OF 5904.65 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 941.39 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST 1/4 TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, AND ALSO EXCEPT THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1/4; THENCE NORTH 180 FEET; THENCE WEST 47.70 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 120 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE TO A POINT WHICH IS 50 FEET NORTH OF AND 660 FEET WEST OF SAID SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4; THENCE SOUTH 50 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1/4; THENCE EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PINS: 32-14-100-012-0000, 32-14-100-014-0000, & 32-14-200-020-0000
SAID PARCELS CONTAINING 3,896,877.6 SQUARE FEET, OR 89.46 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.
Section 3. This ordinance is hereby made and ordained to be severable as to each parcel of land or portion thereof or right of interest in any of the same hereby authorized to be acquired, and failure to acquire any of the said parcels of land described in Section 2 hereof or right of interest in any of the same shall not impair or invalidate the authority by this ordinance granted to hold, own, or acquire any other of said parcels or any right or interest therein, it being the intention of said Board of Commissioners of the District to carry out the general plan provided in this ordinance so far as legally and financially practicable, and to negotiate for purchases, condemn, or otherwise acquire from time to time the several parcels of land described in Section 2 hereof and all right or interest therein.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
District 5
Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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