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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-O-5965S 7-0-59 AN ORDINANCE To Acquire Certain Property for parking purposes by Condemnation WHEREAS, the City of Evanston has been authorized by statute to acquire sites, buildings and facilities for the construction, equipping, managing, controlling, erecting, improving, extending, maintaining and operating of motor vehicle parking facilities; and WHEREAS, said City Council has heretofore determined that it is necessary to acwuire the real property herein- after described for such parking facilities; and WHEREAS,'the Director of Public Works 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; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINCE by the City Council of the City of Evanston: 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 3 hereof for motor vehicle parking facilities. SECTION 2: The Plan Commission of the City of Evanston has heretofore approved the establishing and operating' of parking facilities on the property hereinafter in Section 3 of this Ordinance legally described. SECTION 3: The -real property which is necessary, convenient and desirable to acquire for the purpose specified in Section 1 of this ordinance is legally described as follows: The north 100 feet, except the north 20 feet thereof taken for public street, of the west 150 feet, except the west 40 feet thereof taken for public street, of the north 9-3/8 acres of the southwest quarter of the north- east quarter of Section 252 Township 41 North, Range 13 East of the=Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois SECTION 4:: Title to and possession of said real property specifi- cally described in Section 3 of this ordinance shall be acquired by the City of Evanston and the Corporation Counsel of the City and Special Counsel, RIGHEIMER AND RIGHEIMER, hereby are authorized, empowered and directed to institute proceedings -in any court of eompeten•t 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 This ordinance shall take SECTION 5:: from and after its passageo effect and be in full force IMTRODUCED February 16, 1959 PASSED February 23, 1959 APPROVED February 24, 1959 J. R. Kimbark Mayor ATTEST: Maurice F. Brown City ClOrk Approved as to form: Rex A. Bullinger Corporation Counsel