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Joint resolution authorizing the vacation of an unimproved portion of Belden Avenue located north of 27573 W. Lake Shore Drive, Spring Grove, Illinois, in the J.L. Shaw’s Second Subdivision on Fox Lake and south of 38257 N. Dawn Circle, Spring Grove, Illinois, in the Lotus Woods Subdivision. Vacation request by Timothy and Michelle Koertgen and Connie Fulton, record owners.
Staff Summary
• Timothy and Michelle Koertgen and Connie Fulton, record owners, are requesting the vacation of an unimproved section of Belden Avenue located east of W. Lake Shore Drive and Dawn Circle as shown on the Final Plats of J.L. Shaw’s Second Subdivision on Fox Lake and Lotus Woods Subdivision.
• The Board of Vacations held a public hearing on February 28, 2018 and recommended by unanimous vote to grant the vacation.
• Following recommendations by the Planning, Building and Zoning and Financial and Administrative Committees, the vacation request will proceed to the County Board for final action.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, on February 28, 2018, a public hearing was held before the Board of Vacations pursuant to Section 151.204 of the Lake County Unified Development Ordinance, as amended, on the petition of Timothy and Michelle Koertgen and Connie Fulton, record owners, to vacate an unimproved portion of Belden Avenue located north of 27573 W. Lake Shore Drive, Spring Grove, Illinois in the J.L. Shaw’s Second Subdivision on Fox Lake and south of 38257 N. Dawn Circle, Spring Grove, Illinois, in the Lotus Woods Subdivision. More fully described as follows:
All that part of Belden Avenue lying north of and adjacent to Lot 1 in J.L. Shaw’s Second Subdivision of Fox Lake according to the Plat thereof, recorded January 20, 1912 as Document 139398 and also that part of Belden Avenue lying south of and adjacent to Lot 60 in Lotus Woods according to the Plat thereof recorded July 21, 1926, as Document 283116, containing 11,497 square feet, more or less, all in Lake County, Illinois.
WHEREAS, the petitioners are the owners of the following parcels of real estate, to-wit: Lot 1 in J. L. Shaw’s Second Subdivision of Fox Lake, Being a Subdivision of Part of Sections 33 and 34, Township 46 North, Range 9, East of the Third Principal Meridian, According to the Plat thereof, recorded January 20, 1912 as Document 139398 in Book “I” of Plats, Pages 28,29,30, and 31 in Lake County, Illinois, and Lots 60 and 61 in Lotus Woods, being a Subdivision of the Northeast ¼ of the Southwest ¼ and all that part of the Northwest ¼ of the southeast ¼ lying west of the Fox River in Section 34, Township 46 North, Range 9, East of the Third Principal meridian, according to the Plat thereof recorded July 21, 1926, as Document 283116 in Book “Q” of Plats, pages 4 and 5, in Lake County, Illinois, a.k.a PIN no. 01-34-329-035 and 01-34-320-004, which are located adjacent to unimproved Belden Avenue, an unimproved right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, after reviewing the testimony presented at the aforementioned public hearing of the Board of Vacations, and determination of a purchase price of $6,458.00 for the real estate contained in the vacated right-of-way, said Board has submitted its recommendation and report to the Planning, Building and Zoning Committee and the Financial and Administrative Committee; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Vacations recommends approval of the vacation request based on the following findings: 1) Antioch Township has no objection to the request, 2) The Lotus Woods Property Owners Association has no interest in acquiring any portion of the right-of-way and have no objections to the request, 3) The vacation would relieve the County of any liability associated with the right-of-way, and 4) The vacation would place the property in private ownership and on the tax rolls.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Lake County Board that the public right-of-way, as described above, is hereby vacated and that portion of said plats of subdivision are hereby revoked, annulled, and set aside; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect and be in force for and after its passage provided that said petitioner shall after the passage of this resolution, file for recording in the office of the County Recorder of Deeds, a certified copy of this resolution, the application, and the Deed of Vacation.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 10th day of April 2018.