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AN ORDINANCE
Establishing Special Service Area Number 6 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 March 23, 2015, the City Council of the City of Evanston
adopted Ordinance 26-0-15 proposing the establishment of Special Service Area
Number 6 ("SSA No. 6") 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
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• all interested persons were given the opportunity to be heard at the public hearing on
April 27, 2015 at 7:00 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, additional garbage collections 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. 6 and legal descriptions are attached as
Exhibit 1. An accurate map depicting the location of the proposed SSA No. 6 is
attached to and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 2.
• SECTION 5: The annual tax levy shall not exceed 0.45% for the duration
of the twelve (12) year SSA period.
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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
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without the invalid application or provision, and each invalid provision or invalid
application of this ordinance is severable.
Introduced: �11Q� �►�i , 2015
Adopted: �1,� , 2015
Attest*
R dney Greer, City Clerk
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Approved:
July ao 12015
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Elgoeth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved
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W. GCor ration Counsel
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LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED SPECIAL SERVICE AREA
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• Legal Description of Special Service Area
Dempster/Main/Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL.
All that part of Sections 18 and 19, Township 41 North, Range 14, East of the Third Principal
Meridian, being bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the Southeast corner of Lot 1 in The Resubdivision of lots 1 and 2 in the
Resubdivision of Lot 6 and that part of Lots 1 to 5 lying East of the West 24.2 feet of Block 1 in
O. Husse's Addition to Evanston in Section 19 aforesaid; thence West along the South line of
said Resubdivision and its extension to the East line of an alley West of Sherman Avenue;
thence North, along said East line, to the South line of the North 30 feet of Lot 23 in Block 1 of
said O. Husse's Addition to Evanston; thence West, along the South line of said North 30 feet of
Lot 23 to the East line of Elmwood Avenue; thence North, along said East line and its extension
to the North line of Lot 10 in A. J. Brown's Subdivision of Block 40 in Village of Evanston in
Sections 13, Township 41 North, Range 13 and Sections 7, 18 and 19, Township 41 North,
Range 14 east of the Third Principal Meridian; thence East, along said North line of Lot 10 to the
East line of an alley East of Elmwood; Thence North, along said East line to the South line of
Greenwood Street; thence West, along the South line of Greenwood street to the West line of
Chicago Avenue; thence South, along the West line of Chicago Avenue to the North line and its
extension of Lot A in Stewart Consolidation of Lots 12 and 13 in Block 38 in the Village of
Evanston aforesaid; thence East, along the North line and its extension of said Lot A to the East
line of an alley East of Chicago Avenue; thence South, along said East line to the North line of
Dempster Street; thence South to the intersection of the South line of Dempster Street and the
West line of an alley East of Chicago Avenue; thence South, along the West line of said alley
• East of Chicago Avenue to the Northeast corner of Lot 13 in Block 76 in Village of Evanston
Subdivision in said Section 19; thence Southwest, along the North line of said Lot 13, a distance
of 62.41 feet to a point 93 feet 11 7/8 inches from the Northwest corner of said Lot 13; thence
South to a point 85 feet and 1 inch East of the Southwest corner of said Lot 13; Thence
continuing South along the extension of the last described line to the South line of Hamilton
Street; thence West, along the South line of Hamilton Street to the East line of Chicago Avenue;
thence South along the East line of Chicago Avenue, to the North line of Lot 21 in Block 77 in
said Village of Evanston; thence East, along the North line of said Lot 21 to the West line of an
alley East of Chicago Avenue; thence South, along said West line of the alley and its extension,
to the South line of Greenleaf Street; thence East, along said South line, to the West line of an
alley East of Chicago Avenue; Thence South, along said West line and its extension, to the
South line of Lee Street; thence East to the West line of an alley East of Chicago Avenue;
thence South, along said West line to the extension of the North line of Lot 23 in Gibbs, Ladd
and Georges Addition to Evanston in said Section 19; thence West, along the North line and its
extension of said Lot 23 to the West line of Hinman Avenue; thence South, along said West line
and its extension to the North line of the South 4.46 feet of Lot 23 in the Resubdivision of the
East half of Block 11 and the West half of Block 10 in White's Addition to Evanston in Said
Section 19; Thence West, along the North line of the South 4.46 feet of said Lot 23 and its
extension to the West line of an alley East of Chicago Avenue; thence South, along said West
line to the North line of Kedzie Street; thence South to the intersection of the South line of
Kedzie Street with the West line of an alley East of Chicago Avenue; thence South, along the
West line of said alley East of Chicago Avenue to the North line of Keeney Street; thence West,
along the North line of Keeney Street to the East line of Chicago Avenue; thence North, along
the East line of Chicago Avenue to the North line and its extension of Madison Street; thence
West, along the North line of Madison Street to the West line Custer Avenue; thence North,
• along the West line of Custer Avenue, to the North line and its extension of an alley North of
Madison Street; thence West, along the North line and its extension, to the Southwest corner of
• Lot A in Plat of Consolidation of Lots 1, 2 and 3 private alley lying South of and adjoining in
Owner's Resubdivision of Lots 1, 2 and 3 in Block 6 in Adams and Brown's Addition to Evanston
in Section 19 aforesaid; thence North, along the West line of said Lot A, to the Northwest corner
of Lot A; thence East, along the North line of Lot A, to a corner of Lot A; thence North, along the
West line of Lot A to the Northwest corner of Lot A, being on the South line of Washington
Street; thence North to Southwest corner of Lot 7 in the Resubdivision of Lots 16 and 17 of
Block 1 in said Adams and Brown's Addition to Evanston; thence North, along the West line of
Lots 1 to 7 in said Resubdivision, to the North line of an alley lying South of main Street; thence
West, along said North line, to the Southeast corner of Lot 4 in Bayley's Subdivision of Lots 7
and 8 in Block 1 in said Adams and Brown's Addition to Evanston and Lots 1 to 5 in Block 2 in
Adams and Brown's Addition to Evanston; thence North, along the East line of Lots 2,3 and 4 in
Block 1 of said Bayley's Subdivision, to the Southeast corner of Lot 1 in Block 1 of Bayley's
Subdivision; thence West, along the South line of said Lot 1 and its extension, to the East line of
Sherman Avenue; thence West to the Southeast corner of Lot 1 on Block 2 of said Bayley's
Subdivision; thence West, along the South line of said Lot 1, to the Southwest corner of said lot;
thence North, along the West line of said Lot land its extension, to the North line of Main Street;
thence West, along the North line of Main Street, to the East line of Maple Avenue; thence
North, along the East line of Maple Avenue, to the South line of the North 60 feet of Lots 7 and 8
in George Huntoon's Addition to Evanston in said Section 19; thence East along the South line
of the North 60 feet of said Lots 7 and 8, to the East line of said Lot 8; thence North, along said
East line, to the North line of said George Huntoon's Addition to Evanston, thence East, along
said North line and its extension, to the East line of Sherman Avenue; thence South, along the
East line of Sherman Avenue, to the Southwest corner of Lot 20 in Foster's Addition to South
Evanston in said Section 19; thence East, along the South line of Lot 20 and its extension, to
• the East line of an alley East of Sherman Avenue; thence North, along said East line, to a bend
in said East line; thence continuing North, long the East line of the alley, to the Northwest corner
of Lot 8 in Nicholas Mersch; s Addition to South Evanston in said Section 19; thence East, along
the north line of Lot 8 to the Westerly right of way line of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad; thence Northwest, along said right of way line, to the South line and its extension of
Lot 1 in The Resubdivision of lots 1 and 2 in the Resubdivision of Lot 6 and that part of Lots 1 to
5 lying East of the West 24.2 feet of Block 1 in O. Husse's Addition to Evanston in Section 19
aforesaid; thence West along the South line of said Lot 1 and its extension to the point of
beginning, all in the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois.
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SPECIAL SERVICE AREA PROPOSED MAP
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