Title
Resolution to vacate an unimproved portion of Woodland Avenue located in the J.L. Shaw’s Subdivision in Antioch Township.
Staff Summary
• TRLPS Real Estate, LLC and Ernie Lovas, record owners, are requesting a vacation of an unimproved section of Woodland Avenue, which is adjacent to 38283 N. Bolton Place, Antioch, Illinois; 26570, 26562 and 26550 W. Woodland Avenue, Antioch, Illinois; and 38235, N. Bolton Place, Antioch, Illinois, in the J.L. Shaw’s Subdivision on Fox Lake. The portion of right of way to be vacated is 50 feet wide, extends east towards Fox Lake 411 feet (average) and consists of 0.48 acres.
• The right-of-way has not been approved or accepted by the Antioch Township Highway Commissioner. The Highway Commissioner has no objections to the proposed vacation.
• The Board of Vacations held a public hearing on August 28, 2019 and recommended by unanimous vote to grant the vacation.
• Following a recommendation by the Public Works, Planning, and Transportation Committee, the vacation request will proceed to the County Board for final action.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, on August 28, 2019, 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 TRLPS Real Estate, LLC and Ernie Lovas, record owners, requesting a vacation of an unimproved section of Woodland Avenue 50 feet wide, extending east towards Fox Lake 411 feet (average) and consisting of 0.48 acres, located in the J.L. Shaw’s Subdivision on Fox Lake, Antioch, Illinois, and more fully described as follows:
All that part of Woodland Avenue, lying southerly of and adjacent to lots 56, 116, 117, and 118 in the J.L. Shaw’s Subdivision on Fox Lake, in section 35, Township 46 North, Range 9 east of the Third principal meridian, according to the plat thereof recorded July 15, 1909, as document 123552 in Book “H” of plats, pages 38, 39 and 40 in Lake County, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the petitioners are the owners of the following parcels of real estate, to-wit:
Lots 56, 116, 117 and 118 in the J.L. Shaw’s Subdivision on Fox Lake, in Section 45, Township 46, North, Range 9 east of the third principal meridian, according to the plat thereof recorded July 15, 1909 as document 123552 in Book “H” of plats, pages 38, 39, and 40, and also that part of vacated Drexel Boulevard, lying northerly of Woodland Avenue, Lake County, Illinois. PINs 01-35-306-008, 01-35-306-009, 01-35-300-011, and 01-35-300-012, TRLPS Real Estate;
and
Lot 57 in the J.L. Shaw’s Subdivision on Fox Lake, in Section 35, Township 46 North, Range 9 east of the third principal meridian, according to the plat thereof recorded July 15, 1909, as document 123552 in Book “H” of plats, pages 38, 39 and 40 in Lake County, Illinois
WHEREAS, after reviewing the testimony presented at the aforementioned public hearing of the Board of Vacations, said Board has submitted its recommendation and report to the Public Works, Planning, and Transportation 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) Without an active homeowner’s association, there is no official oversight of the right-of-way use; 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; and
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 8th day of October 2019.