CHAPTER 2-157
LARGE LOT PROGRAM

2-157-010   Legislative findings.

2-157-020   Establishment of program.

2-157-030   Definitions.

2-157-040   List of city-owned real estate – Required.

2-157-050   Purchase price required – Sale procedures.

2-157-060   Covenants in deed – Termination of covenants.

2-157-070   Rules and regulations.

2-157-010 Legislative Findings.

   The City has acquired title to numerous parcels of vacant property located throughout the City of Chicago pursuant to its responsibility to protect the health, safety and welfare. Many of the City-owned parcels are of minimal value, yet are costly for the City to clean up and maintain. It is the City's intention to establish by this ordinance a program for the disposition of certain City-owned, vacant parcels, which would allow local residents to have greater control over land in their neighborhood, and provide opportunities to possibly profit from selling those parcels in the future as the areas in which the parcels are located revitalize.

(Added Coun. J. 12-10-14, p. 100328, § 2)

2-157-020 Establishment of program.

   Pursuant to the powers and authority granted under Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970, and the home rule powers granted thereunder, the City hereby establishes the "Large Lot Program", which shall be administered by the City's Department of Planning and Development.

(Added Coun. J. 12-10-14, p. 100328, § 2)

2-157-030 Definitions.

   For the purposes of this chapter:

   "Block" means a City Block on which a Qualifying Property Owner owns a parcel of real property, plus the parcels along the face of the City Block across the street from such Qualifying Property Owner's parcel.

   "City" means the City of Chicago.

   "City Block" means the smallest possible area of land bounded on all sides by streets and/or boundaries of standard geographic areas (e.g., rivers, embankments and railroads, but not alleys), and commonly referred to as a ‘City block'.

   "City Parcel" means a parcel of City-owned vacant (i.e., no structures) real property, which is zoned residential.

   "Department" means the Department of Planning and Development.

   "Person" means any natural individual.

   "Program" means the Large Lot Program.

   "Qualifying Property Owner" means (i) a Person who owns and resides at a parcel of real property located on the same Block as a City Parcel, and who is not delinquent in the payment of any property taxes or any debt owed to the City, County of Cook or State of Illinois.

(Added Coun. J. 12-10-14, p. 100328, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 4-21-21, p. 29626, § 1)