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PROPOSED ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE A FOREST PRESERVE NEAR SPRING LAKE PRESERVE
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A FOREST PRESERVE in part of Section 9, Township 42 North, Range 9, East of the Third Principal Meridian, all in Cook County, Illinois near Spring Lake Preserve in District 15.
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; and
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 part thereof, 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:
328 AND 330 OLD SUTTON ROAD, BARRINGTON HILLS, ILLINOIS
PARCEL 1: THAT PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 9 AT A POINT 608.20 FEET NORTH 89 DEGREES 18 MINUTES EAST FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 9; THENCE NORTH O DEGREES 42 MINUTES WEST 465.81 FEET TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH O DEGREES 42 MINUTES WEST 68.19 FEET; THENCE NORTH 12 DEGREES 27 MINUTES EAST 259.40 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 85 DEGREES 20 MINUTES EAST 158.80 FEET; THENCE NORTH 48 DEGREES 25 MINUTES EAST 139. 90 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 82 DEGREES 23 MINUTES EAST 561.60 FEET TO THE OLD CENTER OF SUTTON ROAD; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SAID OLD CENTER OF SUTTON ROAD, 325.08 FEET TO A POINT LYING 803.45 FEET NORTH 89 DEGREES 18 MINUTES EAST FROM THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 18 MINUTES WEST ON A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 9, A DISTANCE OF 803.45 FEET TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PARCEL 2: THAT PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 9 AT A POINT LYING 608.20 FEET NORTH 89 DEGREES 18 MINUTES EAST FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 9 FOR A POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH O DEGREES 42 MINUTES WEST, 465.81 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 18 MINUTES EAST PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 9, 803.45 FEET TO A POINT ON THE OLD CENTER 0 SUTTON ROAD; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE SAID OLD CENTER OF SUTTON ROAD, 478.76 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 9 LYING 692.80 FEET NORTH 89 DEGREES 18 MINUTES EAST FROM THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 18 MINUTES WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 9 A DISTANCE OF 692.80 FEET TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PINS: 01-09-303-007-0000, 01-09-303-008-0000
331 OLD SUTTON ROAD, BARRINGTON HILLS, ILLINOIS
THAT PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN LYING WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF SUTTON ROAD (EXCEPT A TRACT IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER AND RUNNING THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 20.0 FEET, THENCE SOUTH EASTERLY IN A STRAIGHT LINE TO A POINT IN THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 20.0 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, 20.0 FEET TO A POINT OF BEGINNING, AND EXCEPT THAT PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 9, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 9, THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 18 MINUTES, EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 608.20 FEET FOR A POINT OF BEGINNING, THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 42 MINUTES WEST, 534.0 FEET, THENCE NORTH 12 DEGREES 27 MINUTES EAST, 259.40 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 85 DEGREES 20 MINUTES EAST, 158.80 FEET, THENCE NORTH 48 DEGREES 25 MINUTES EAST, 139.90 FEET, THENCE SOUTH 82 DEGREES 23 MINUTES, EAST TO THE CENTER LINE OF THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY, THENCE SOUTH WESTERLY ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF SAID HIGHWAY TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 9, THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 18 MINUTES WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE TO A POINT OF BEGINNING) IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BARRINGTON, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
PIN: 01-09-303-004-0000
SAID PARCELS CONTAINING 1,918,382 SQUARE FEET, OR 44.04 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 15
Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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