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Resolution No. 98-184
RESOLUTION
DECLARING CERTAIN PROPERTY TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE
(710 East Chicago Street)
WHEREAS, inspections of a structure located on the
property hereinafter described have been made by inspectors of
the Department of Code Administration and Preservation of the
City of Elgin; and
WHEREAS, said structure consists of a commercial building;
and
WHEREAS, said structure is in a state of disrepair, open,
littered with various debris and constitutes a fire hazard; and
WHEREAS, said structure, in its dilapidated state, is
dangerous and unsafe and constitutes a threat to the public
health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City of
Elgin, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the owner of said structure has refused, despite
repeated demands, to repair or demolish the structure; and
WHEREAS, 65 ILCS 5/11-60-2 provides that the corporate
authorities of each municipality may define, prevent, and abate
nuisances; and
WHEREAS, 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1 et seq. provides that the
corporate authorities of each municipality may cause the
demolition, repair or enclosure of dangerous and unsafe
buildings or uncompleted and abandoned buildings; and
WHEREAS, the City of Elgin is a home rule municipality as
defined in Article VII , Section 6A of the 1970 Constitution of
Illinois; and
WHEREAS, a home rule unit may exercise any power and
perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs;
and
WHEREAS, the adoption of a resolution declaring a property
to be a public nuisance and providing for the abatement of such
a public nuisance through the demolition or repair of the
structures thereon pertains to the government and affairs of
the City of Elgin.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section 1 . That the commercial structure located on the
property legally described as :
That part of Lot 16 in County Clerk' s
Subdivision of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 18,
Township 41 North, Range 9 , East of the Third
Principal Meridian, located in the City of Elgin, and
described as follows : Commencing at the Northwest
corner of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 18 and
running thence South along the West line of said
Section, 266 feet to the northerly line of Chicago
Street extended; thence easterly along the northerly
line of Chicago Street estended, 64 feet to a point
on said northerly line of Chicago Street which shall
be the place of beginning; thence South 67 degrees 15
minutes East along said northerly line of Chicago
Street, a distance of 239 feet; thence northerly 21
degrees 20 minutes East 136 feet; thence on a curve
to the left having a radius of 147 . 55 feet, a
distance of 122 feet to a point which is 304 . 9 feet
northeasterly from the place of beginning; thence
southwesterly parallel with the northwesterly line of
Oakwood Boulevard, 304 .9 feet to the place of
beginning, in Cook County, Illinois; excepting
therefrom the following parcel : Part of Lot 16 in
County Clerk' s Subdivision of the Southwest 1/4 of
Section 18, Township 41 North, Range 9, East of the
Third Principal Meridian, located in the City of
Elgin, in Cook County, Illinois and described as
follows : Commencing at the Northwest corner of the
Southwest 1/4 of Section 18; thence South along the
West line of said Section, 266 . 0 feet to the
northerly line of Chicago Street extended; thence
easterly along the northerly line extended and the
northerly line of Chicago Street, 243 . 3 feet to the
place of beginning; thence North 12 degrees 30
minutes East, 197 . 2 feet to a point in a line 80 .0
feet distant from and at right angles to the
northerly line of Oakwood Boulevard; thence
northeasterly parallel to the northerly line of
Oakwood Boulevard, 63 . 1 feet; thence on a curve to
the right having a radius of 147 . 55 feet, a distance
of 122 . 2 feet; thence South 21 degrees 20 minutes
West, 136 . 0 feet to a point in the northerly line of
Chicago Street, which is 59 . 7 feet from the place of
beginning; thence North 67 degrees 15 minutes West
along the northerly line of Chicago Street, 59 . 7 feet
to the place of beginning, in the City of Elgin, Cook
County, Illinois .
is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
Section 2 . That the owners or persons in control of said
premises are hereby directed to abate said public nuisance by
demolishing or repairing the structure located upon the above
described property within fifteen ( 15) days after receipt of a
copy of this resolution.
Section 3 . That the City Clerk is hereby directed to mail
certified copies of this resolution to the owners of record and
lienholders of record.
Section 4 . That upon failure of the owner or lienholders
of record to abate the public nuisance described herein, the
Corporation Counsel be and is hereby directed to apply to the
Circuit Court of Cook County for an order authorizing the
demolition of the structure described above in accordance with
the provisions of 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1 et seq.
Kevin Kelly, Mayo
Presented: July 22, 1998
Adopted: July 22, 1998
Omnibus Vote: Yeas 6 Nays 0
Attest :
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Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk