Title
Resolution to enact an ordinance to restrict the use of the future bike path along Peterson Road (County Highway 20) and Fremont Center Road (County Highway 62) and name said bike path as the “Fort Hill Trail”.
Staff Summary
· Fort Hill Trail (along Pederson Road and Fremont Center Road): Use Restriction Ordinance and Name
· The county proposes to place a bike trail along Peterson Road from Midlothian Road to Fremont Center Road extended and south along Fremont Center Road.
· The bike trail will connect with a bike trail to be constructed by the Lake County Forest Preserve in its Ray Lake Preserve.
· The county and the Forest Preserve desire to name both trails as the “Fort Hill Trail”.
· In order to regulate the use of this bike trail for the safety and convenience of the public, a Use Restriction Ordinance is necessary.
· This resolution adopts a Use Restriction Ordinance and designates the county portion of the bike path name as the “Fort Hill Trail”.
Body
WHEREAS, the COUNTY OF LAKE, ILLINOIS, acting by and through its Chair and County Board, hereinafter referred to as the COUNTY, is desirous of designating the FORT HILL TRAIL, hereinafter referred to as the TRAIL, as a COUNTY bicycle path along Peterson Road (County Highway 20) from Midlothian Road (County Highway 48) to Fremont Center Road extended (County Highway 62), then south along said Fremont Center Road extended to its intersection with the LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT’s segment of the said TRAIL where it terminates at the Fremont Center Road right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, the COUNTY needs to regulate the use of the TRAIL for the safety and convenience of the public; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Compiled Statutes, as amended, 605 ILCS 30/2, provides the authority to the COUNTY to regulate the use of said TRAIL; and
WHEREAS, the Illinois Compiled Statutes, as amended, 625 ILCS 5/11-208, provides the authority to the COUNTY to regulate the operation of bicycles; and
WHEREAS, the Illin...
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