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Home My WebLink AboutORDINANCES-2019-160-O-1911 /25/2019 160-0-19 AN ORDINANCE Establishing Special Service Area Number 8 in the City of Evanston WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, Illinois is a Home Rule unit of local government pursuant to the terms and provisions of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois which said Constitution in Section 6(a) thereof grants unto the City of Evanston as Home Rule unit of government the power to tax; and WHEREAS, special service areas may be established pursuant to Article VII, Sections 6(I) and 7(6) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and pursuant to the provisions of the Special Service Area Tax Law, 35 ILCS 200/27-5 et seq., as amended from time to time (the "Act') and pursuant to the Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/1-1 et seq., as amended from time to time; and WHEREAS, on September 23, 2109, the City Council of the City of Evanston adopted Ordinance 108-0-19 proposing the establishment of Special Service Area Number 8 ("SSA No. 8") in the City of Evanston, Illinois and providing for a public hearing and other related procedures, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS: SECTION 1: Incorporation of recitals. The recitals of this ordinance are hereby incorporated into this text as if set out herein in full. SECTION 2: The notices of public hearing were published in the Evanston Review and mailed in conformity with the Special Service Area Tax Law and all 169-0-19 interested persons were given the opportunity to be heard at the public hearing on November 25, 2019 at 7:15 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the City of Evanston. SECTION 3: Services to be provided by the SSA include marketing as well as aesthetic and streetscape improvements including signage, lighting, landscaping, and holiday decorations. The SSA Boundaries were determined by the need to create a contiguous district, taking care to exclude residential property PINs where possible. SECTION 4: The permanent tax index numbers of all parcels located within the area of the proposed SSA No. 8 and legal descriptions are attached as Exhibit 1. An accurate map depicting the location of the proposed SSA No. 8 is attached to and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 2. SECTION 5: The annual tax levy shall not exceed 0.35% for the duration of the ten (10) year SSA period. SECTION 6: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to be prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as provided by the Illinois Complied Statues and the courts of the State of Illinois. SECTION 7: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 8: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law. SECTION 9: If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstance is ruled unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance that can be given effect -2- 169-0-19 without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid provision- or invalid application of this ordinance is severable. Introduced: l3over )Dec 6S , 2019 Adopted: DemT,)Dey q , 2019 Attest: 4'&� evon keid, &[y CIS, I: T-AWY �r ��, j G�k, j c�e,K Approved: 2019 ll-ltz;� /1 ephen . Hage,y, a r Approved as to form: Michelle L. Masoncup, Corp'bration Counsel -3- 169-0-19 EXHIBIT 1 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED SPECIAL SERVICE AREA & LIST OF PINS Legal Description of Special Service Area #8 East Central Street District, Evanston, Illinois, BEING THOSE PARTS OF SECTION 33 AND 34 IN TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND ALSO THOSE PARTS OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ALL IN COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BELOW. • BEGINNING AT THE NORTH LINE OF CENTRAL AVENUE 200 FEET WEST OF THE WEST LINE OF CENTRAL PARK AVENUE, BEING THE WEST LINE OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF (EX E. 75 FT. —S. 75 FT.) OF THE EAST 200 FEET AND SOUTH 125 FEET OF LOT 1 IN H. WITTBOLDS SUBDIVISION, (REC. MAY 25, 1978 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 24464793); • THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF LOT 1 TO THE NORTHLINE OF AFORESAID LOT 1 IN THE CONSOLIDATION IN H. WITTBOLDS SUBDIVISION; • THENCE EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF LOT 1 TO THE WEST LINE OF CENTRAL PARK AVE; • THENCE CONTINUING EAST TO THE EAST LINE OF CENTRAL PARK AVENUE; • THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF CENTRAL PARK AVENUE TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE ALLEY NORTH OF CENTRAL STREET; • THENCE EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF ALLEY TO THE WEST LINE OF HURD AVENUE; • THENCE EAST TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE EAST LINE OF HURD AVENUE AND THE SOUTH LINE OF THE ALLEY NORTH OF CENTRAL STREET; • THENCE EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF ALLEY TO THE WEST LINE OF LINCOLNWOOD DRIVE; • THENCE EAST TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE EAST LINE OF LINCOLNWOOD DRIVE AND THE SOUTH LINE OF THE ALLEY NORTH OF CENTRAL STREET; • THENCE EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID ALLEY TO THE CENTERLINE OF ALLEY FROM THE NORTH WEST OF REESE AVENUE; • THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID CENTERLINE TO THE SOUTH LINE OF ALLEY NORTH OF CENTRAL STREET TO THE EAST; • THENCE EAST ALONG SOUTH LINE OF SAID ALLEY TO THE WEST LINE OF REESE AVENUE; • THENCE EAST TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE EAST LINE OF REESE AVE AND THE SOUTH LINE OF ALLEY NORTH OF CENTRAL STREET; • THENCE EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF ALLEY TO THE WEST LINE OF EWING AVE; • THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF EWING AVENUE AND ITS EXTENSION TO THE SOUTH LINE OF CENTRAL AVENUE; 169-0-19 • THENCE EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF CENTRAL AVENUE TO A POINT 100 FEET EAST OF THE EAST LINE OF EWING AVE, BEING THE EAST LINE OF LOTS 9 AND 10 (EXCEPTING THE SOUTH 120 FEET OF SAID LOTS) IN BLOCK 3 IN E.T. PAUL'S ADDITION TO EVANSTON (RECORDED JULY 10,1891); • THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF LOT 9 A DISTANCE OF 71.25 FEET; • THENCE WEST AND PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF CENTRAL AVENUE TO THE EAST LINE OF EWING AVENUE; • THENCE CONTINUING WEST ALONG THE EXTENSION OF SAID LINE TO THE WEST LINE OF EWING STREET; • THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF EWING AVENUE TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE ALLEY SOUTH OF CENTRAL STREET; • THENCE WEST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF ALLEY TO THE EAST LINE OF LINCOLNWOOD DRIVE FROM THE NORTH; • THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF LINCOLNWOOD DRIVE TO IT'S INTERSECTION WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF ALLEY SOUTH OF CENTRAL AVE WEST OF LINCOLNWOOD DRIVE; • THENCE WEST ALONG SAID EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF ALLEY TO THE WEST LINE OF LINCOLNWOOD DRIVE FROM THE NORTH; • THENCE WEST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF ALLEY TO THE EAST LINE OF HURD AVENUE; • THENCE WEST TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE WEST LINE OF HURD AVENUE AND THE NORTH LINE OF ALLEY SOUTH OF CENTRAL STREET; • THENCE WEST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF ALLEY TO THE EAST LINE OF CENTRAL PARK AVENUE; • THENCE WEST TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE WEST LINE OF CENTRAL PARK AVENUE AND THE NORTH LINE OF ALLEY SOUTH OF CENTRAL STREET; • THENCE WEST -ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF ALLEY 186 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF LOT 6 IN BLOCK 3 OF ARTHUR T. McINTOSH'S ADDITION TO EVANSTON (RECORDED JULY 19, 1915 DOCUMENT NUMBER 5674726); • THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF LOT 6 TO THE SOUTH LINE OF CENTRAL STREET; • THENCE NORTH TO THE NORTH LINE OF CENTRAL STREET; • THENCE WEST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE OF CENTRAL STREET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS. —5— I West Central St I D CENTRAL STREETslim Existing Land Use = Sinoe-Family Condominium IMI Commercial Tax -Exempt IM Muto-Famity Residence ', ; Mked-Use f Vacant Stotefront Miles Itm CENTRAL OD75 0,15 013 SIOUCT A 1 � i , EAlw unka b9updm:AbY14,23'& Ch 'a IT! 0 Ch IT! X 0 IT! IT! M X 'a0 0 CA m M m