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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1979-091-O-79'i • 91-0-79 AN ORDINANCE To Acquire Certain Property for City 'yard Purposes by Condemnation: 1243-45 Leon Place WHEREAS, the City of Evanston has been authorized by the State Constitution, Article I, Sections 2 and 15, and by Illinois Revised Statute, Chapter 24, Section 11-61-1 to acquire property useful, advantageous, or desirable for municipal purposes; and WHEREAS, said City Council has heretofore determined that it is necessary to acquire certain parcels of land for development of City storage yards, said property as hereinafter described; and WHEREAS, the City Manager of the City of Evanston has heretofore • attempted to acquire such property by purchase and has reported to the City Council of the City of Evanston the fact that he had been unable to agree with the owners of said property as to the compensation to be paid therefor; Evanston: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of SECTION 1: It is necessary, convenient and desirable for the City of Evanston to acquire title to the real property specifically set forth in Section 2 hereof for the development of City storage yards. it,- . SECTION 2: The real property which is necessary, convenient and desirable to acquire for the purposes specified in Section 1 of thin, ordinance is legally described as follows: The East five and one-fourtb-(5-1/4) feet of Lot Eleven • (11) and all of Lot Ten (10) in Leonhardt's Subdivision of part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section Eighteen (18), Township Forty-one (41) North, Range Fourteen (14), East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois, commonly known as 1243-45 Leon Place, Evanston, Illinois. a • IE • SECTION 3: Title to and possession of said real property specifically described in Section 2 of this ordinance shall be acquired by the City of Evanston and the Corporation Counsel of the City is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to institute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to acquire title to and possession of said property for the City of Evanston in accordance with the eminent domain laws of the State of Illinois. SECTION 4: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage. Introduced 3 Passed �o ATTEST: �� IY• City Clerk Approved as to form: / Corporation Counsel 1979 1979 APPROVED: �r>,Myor -2- , 1979