S-817 (2) Ordinance No. S-836
AN ORDINANCE
VACATING A PORTION OF RIVERSIDE AVENUE, EXTENDED, AND A
PORTION OF A PUBLIC ALLEY SITUATED IN LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK
21 OF J. T. GIFFORD'S PLAT OF ELGIN, CONNECTED TO AND FORMING
A PART OF RIVERSIDE AVENUE, IN THE CITY OF ELGIN, KANE COUNTY,
ILLINOIS.
WHEREAS, the Westerly portion of a certain public alley platted and
lying in Lots 1 and 2 in Block 21 of J. T. Gifford's Rat of Elgin, Kane Couiaty,
Illinois, is not presently being utilized for public alley purposes, said alley
being hereinafter described being abutted on 3 sides by property owned and
being improved by the First National Bank of Elgin, and
WHEREAS, a portion of Riverside Avenue hereinafter described, lying
Northerly, and adjacent to, said public alley, is not presently being utilized
for public street purposes, and
WHEREAS, it is not in the public interest that the City continue to main-
tain, repair and regulate said portion of the public alley and said portion of
Riverside Avenue, as extended, and
elk WHEREAS, the public interests will be subserved by the vacation of the
following described portion of Riverside Avenue extended, and said public
alley, to-wit:
That part of Lots 10 and 10-1/2 of B. W. Raymond's Subdivision
of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in Block 21 of J. T. Gifford's Plat of
Elgin and part of Lot B of the County Clerk's Subdivision of Lot
2 in Block 21 of J. T. Gifford's Plat of Elgin and part of Lots 3
of McOsker's Subdivision described as follows: Beginning at a
point on the Northerly line of Lot 10-1/2 that is 60. 0 feet South-
westerly of the Southwesterly line of Lot 4 of said B. W. Raymond's
Subdivision; thence Southeasterly, parallel with the Southwesterly
line, and the Southwesterly line extended Southeasterly, of said
Lot 4, a distance of 42. 0 feet to the Northerly line of Lot D of the
County Clerk's Subdivision as aforesaid; thence Southwesterly along
said Northerly line, a distance of 35. 0 feet; thence Northwesterly
parallel with the Southwesterly line extended Southeasterly and
the Southwesterly line, of Lot 4 of said B. W. Raymond's.Subdivision,
a distance of 42. 0 feet to the Northerly line of Lot 10-1/2 as afore-
said; thence Northwesterly a distance of 106 feet more or less to a
point on the Southwesterly line of Lot 2 of McOsker's Subdivision as
aforesaid that is 105. 0 feet Northwesterly of (measured along said