03-O-09
ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A SPECIAL USE AND A SPECIAL USE FOR
UNIQUE USE AND AMENDING THE COOK COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE
REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED IN THORNTON TOWNSHIP AS AUTHORIZED BY THE COOK COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the owner of certain property located in Thornton Township described in Section 1, herein, has petitioned the Cook County Board of Commissioners to have the property reclassified from the I-2 General Industrial District to the R-1 Single Family Residential District, and has petitioned the Cook County Board of Commissioners for a Special Use, and a Special Use for Unique Use permit in the R-1 Single Family Residence District, and
WHEREAS, the said petition was received by the Zoning Board of Appeals of Cook County as Dockets #7307, #7308 and #7309 and a public hearing was held in regard to said request after due notice, all in accordance with the Cook County Zoning Ordinance and the Statutes of the State of Illinois, and
WHEREAS, the Zoning Board of Appeals entered detailed findings in accordance with the standards set forth in the Ordinance recommending that the Cook County Board of Commissioners grant said application for amendment, and a Special Use, and a Special Use for Unique Use permit, and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County that said property be rezoned and reclassified and granted in accordance with the recommendations of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, Illinois:
Section 1: That a Map amendment to rezone from the I-2 General Industrial District to R-1 Single Family Residential District to allow construction of a church and an elementary non-boarding school. Special Use to allow construction of an athletic soccer field, a day-care center, and children’s school, and an artificial lake. Special Use for Unique Use to allow construction of an exhibition/meeting hall, a community technology center, and a health-fitness-gymnasium facility, be, and hereby is authorized, as set forth in the Findings and Recommendations of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
That part of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 13, Township 36 North, Range 14, East of the Third Principal Meridian, which is described as follows: commencing at a point on the East line of said Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 13 at a distance of 516.24 feet South of the Northeast corner thereof; Thence west parallel to the North line of said Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 13, a distance of 1110.60 feet to the Northeasterly line of Dolton and Greenwood Road (60.00 feet wide), said point being 332.80 feet southeasterly (measured along the Northeasterly line of the Dolton and Greenwood Road from the intersection of the West line of said Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 13 with the Northeasterly line of the Dolton and Greenwood Road): Thence Southeasterly along the northeasterly line of the Dolton and Greenwood Road, a distance of 463.88 feet; Thence North 85 degrees 5 minutes East, A distance of 271.90 feet; Thence South 4 degrees 55 minutes East, a distance of 150.00 feet: Thence north 85 degrees 8 minutes East, a distance of 340.55 feet; Thence North 1 degrees 06 minutes 36 seconds East, 133.64 feet: thence North 85 degrees 55 minutes 41 seconds East, 206.25 feet to the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 13; Thence North along the East line of said Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 , 313.62 feet to the place of beginning, all in Cook County, Illinois.
commonly described as approximately 8.74 acres, located on the East side of South Greenwood Avenue about 623 feet North of 158th Place in Thornton Township.
Section 2: That the Zoning Map of the Cook County Zoning Ordinance, Cook County Comprehensive Plan, and all other pertinent records be and the same shall be changed to show the rezoning of the described property, hereby incorporated by reference into this Ordinance, and a Special Use to allow construction of an athletic soccer field, a day-care center, and children’s school, and an artificial lake. Special Use for Unique Use to allow construction of an exhibition/meeting hall, a community technology center, and a health-fitness-gymnasium facility, be, and hereby is authorized, as set forth in the Findings & Recommendations of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Section 3: That this Ordinance under the provisions of Section l3.8-9 of the Cook County Zoning Ordinance be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval, except that if said use is not established within one year as provided in Section 13.8-14, said Special Use and Special Use for Unique Use shall be null and void. That said property shall be developed and constructed pursuant to the detailing set forth in the testimony and contained in the exhibits and Findings of the Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals hereby incorporated by reference into this Ordinance, as provided by law.
Approved and adopted this 9th day of January 2003.
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03-O-10
ORDINANCE
Sponsored by
THE HONORABLE JOHN H. STROGER, JR.
PRESIDENT OF THE COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Co-Sponsored by
THE HONORABLE EARLEAN COLLINS, JOHN P. DALEY
AND LARRY SUFFREDIN, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
An Ordinance Amending a Loan Agreement by and between the County of Cook, Illinois, and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County
WHEREAS, Section 6(a) of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois provides that “a County which has a Chief Executive Officer elected by the electors of the County ... (is) a Home Rule Unit” and The County of Cook, Illinois (the “County”), has a Chief Executive Officer elected by the electors of the County and is therefore a Home Rule Unit and may, under the power granted by said Section 6(a) of Article VII of the Constitution of 1970 (the “Act”), exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the County (the “Corporate Authorities”) have previously made and do now affirm the determination that it is desirable and in the public interest of the County that the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois (the “District”), construct, acquire, equip, repair and renovate buildings or other improvements to land of the District and that the District acquire equipment for the District, from time to time and as provided for in the annual appropriation ordinances of the District (collectively, the “Projects”); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the District has heretofore advised the County that the aggregate costs of the Projects, including but not limited to legal, financial, engineering, architectural and related professional services, and such appurtenances as shall be necessary, are in excess of funds of the District lawfully available and on hand and anticipated to be on hand from time to time; and
WHEREAS, the County and the District have heretofore entered into that certain Master Loan Agreement dated as of December 16, 1997 (the “Master Loan Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Master Loan Agreement the County has loaned to the District money from time to time for the purpose of enabling the District to pay the costs of the Projects (the “Loans”); and
WHEREAS, the aggregate amount of the Loans to and including the date hereof is not in excess of $7,848,000.00 as authorized by and originally contemplated in the Master Loan Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Master Loan Agreement by its terms terminates on the 31st day of December 2002; and
WHEREAS, the Corporate Authorities have heretofore, and it hereby is, determined that it is desirable and necessary that the County provide additional Loans to the Districts for the Projects; and
WHEREAS, in evidence of such additional Loans, it is necessary to amend the Master Loan Agreement as hereinafter authorized, provided that at any given time the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding shall not exceed the aggregate amount of $15,696,000.00, which amount is inclusive of and not in addition to all Loans previously made by the County to the District; and
WHEREAS, the Loans shall be made from cash of the County on hand and legally available therefore; and
WHEREAS, the Projects will constitute projects for which appropriations have been or will be made as part of the District’s annual budget; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 21.1 of the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act, as amended, the District is authorized to enter into loan agreements with the County for the Projects; and
WHEREAS, the District is subject to the provisions of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, as amended, and is authorized to issue its “limited bonds” payable from its “debt service extension base” as therein and in the Local Government Debt Reform Act, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Loans will be made pursuant to the Master Loan Agreement, as amended and restated (being the “Amended and Restated Master Loan Agreement”), and will be evidenced thereunder by the issuance to the County by the District of one or more series of its limited bonds; and
WHEREAS, the Corporate Authorities hereby expressly determine that it is desirable and necessary and in the best interests of the District and the citizens of the County that the Master Loan Agreement be amended and restated as hereinafter provided.
Now, Therefore, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of Commissioners of The County of Cook, Illinois, in the exercise of its home rule powers, as follows:
Section 1. Incorporation of Preambles. The Corporate Authorities hereby find that the recitals contained in the preambles to this Ordinance are true, correct and complete and do incorporate them into this Ordinance by this reference.
Section 2. Determination To Make Loans. It is necessary and in the best interests of the citizens of the County to provide for the Projects and to make one or more Loans from time to time for such purposes. It is hereby found and determined that the making of one or more Loans from time to time as herein and as heretofore authorized is for a proper public purpose or purposes and is in the public interest, and is authorized pursuant to the Act; and these findings and determinations shall be deemed conclusive.
Section 3. Master Loan Agreement Amended and Restated. The Master Loan Agreement be, and it hereby is, amended and restated (being the “Amended and Restated Master Loan Agreement”) (a) to provide that the aggregate principal amount of Loans made thereunder shall not exceed $15,696,000.00 over the term of the Amended and Restated Master Loan Agreement, which amount is inclusive of, and not in addition, to the sum of $7,848,000.00 heretofore authorized thereunder and (b) to provide that the termination date of the Amended and Restated Master Loan Agreement shall be December 1, 2008. The Amended and Restated Master Loan Agreement shall be submitted hereto as Exhibit A and be incorporated herein by this reference. The officers of the County shown as signatory thereto are hereby expressly authorized and directed to execute the Amended and Restated Master Loan Agreement in substantially the form so submitted with such insertions or revisions as they shall reasonably deem necessary, their execution thereof to constitute ratification of the same without further official action of the Corporate Authorities.
Section 4. Severability. If any provision of this Ordinance is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect other provisions which can be given effect without the invalid or unenforceable provision.
Section 5. Superseder and Effective Date. All ordinances, resolutions and orders, or parts thereof, in conflict herewith, including, specifically, that certain “Ordinance authorizing the execution of a Loan Agreement by and between The County of Cook, Illinois, and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County,” adopted by the Corporate Authorities on December 2, 1997, are to the extent of such conflict hereby superseded; and this Ordinance shall be operative, effective and valid upon its passage by the Corporate Authorities and its approval by the President, all in compliance with the powers conferred in Sections 6(a) and 6(d) of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois.
Approved and adopted this 9th day of January 2003.