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PROPOSED ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE TO VACATE A PORTION OF LONGWOOD AVENUE
WHEREAS, under the authority granted pursuant to 70 ILCS 810/8, the Board of Commissioners for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois, 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 the street described in the following ordinance, which street is located within the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois, and is not a part of any state of county highway.
THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois, as follows:
1. That all that part of Longwood Avenue described as follows:
ALL THAT PART OF LONGWOOD AVENUE LYING SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF 87TH STREET AND NORTH OF A LINE BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 3 IN NEW BEVERLY HILLS SUBDIVISION AND RUNNING THENCE NORTHEASTERLY, PERPENDICULAR TO THE CENTERLINE OF LONGWOOD AVENUE, TO THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF LONGWOOD AVENUE, ALL IN THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
As shown as shaded and indicated by the words "hereby vacated" on the plat hereto attached, which plat, for greater certainty, is hereby made a part of this ordinance, be and the same is hereby vacated and closed in as much as the same is no longer required for public use and the public interest will be subserved by such vacation.
2. In case a municipality or public service corporation has installed any public utility in or under the part of Longwood Avenue hereby vacated, an easement is hereby reserved for the continued use, repair and maintenance of such utility by the respective municipality or public service corporation, including but not limited to:
A. An easement of 33 feet o...
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