§ 214 — District enlarged

As of August 4, 1971, the corporate limits of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago are hereby extended so as to embrace and include within the same the territory and tracts of land situated in and about the Village of Richton Park, Township 35 North, Range 13, East of the 3rd Principal Meridian in the County of Cook and State of Illinois, described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section: (1) Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 27; thence Easterly along the Northerly line of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 27 to the Northeast corner thereof, said point being also the Northwest corner of the South 1/2 of Section 26; thence continuing Easterly along the Northerly line of the South 1/2 of said Section 26 to the Northeast corner thereof; thence Southerly along the Easterly line of said Section 26, a distance of 150.00 feet to a point on the Southerly right-of-way line of the Commonwealth Edison Company; thence Westerly along a line 150.00 feet South of and parallel with the Northerly line of the South 1/2 of said Section 26 to a point on the Easterly line of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 26, distant 150.00 feet South of the Northeast corner thereof; thence Southerly along the Easterly line of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 26 to the Southeast corner thereof, being also the Northeast corner of the West 1/2 of Section 35; thence continuing Southerly along the Easterly line of the West 1/2 of said Section 35 to the Southeast corner thereof; thence Westerly along the Southerly line of the West 1/2 of Section 35 to the Southeast corner of the West 1/2 of the West 1/2 of said Section 35; thence Northerly along the Easterly line of the West 1/2 of the West 1/2 of Section 35 to the Southeast corner of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 35, thence Westerly along the Southerly line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 35, a distance of 1327.40 feet more or less to the Westerly line of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 35; thence Northerly along the Westerly line of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 35, thence Northerly along the Westerly line of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 35, a distance of 542.08 feet more or less to the Northerly line of the South 16.13 acres of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 35; thence Easterly along the Northerly line of the South 16.13 acres of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 35 a distance of 1327.56 feet more or less to the Easterly line of the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 35; thence Northerly along the Easterly line of the West 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 35 to a point, said point being 400 feet Southerly of the Northeast corner of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 35; thence Westerly along a line 400 feet South of and parallel with the Northerly line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 35 a distance of 1089 feet to a point; thence Northerly along a line 1089 feet West of and parallel with the Easterly line of the West 1/2 of the West 1/2 of said Section 35 a distance of 400.00 feet to a point on the Northerly line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 35, said line being also on the East and West centerline of said Section 35; thence Westerly along the East and West centerline of said Section 35 to the Westerly line of said Section 35, said point being also on the East and West centerline of Section 34; thence continuing Westerly along the East and West centerline of Section 34 to a point distance 1990.47 Easterly of the North and South centerline of said Section 34; thence Northerly along a line parallel with the East and West centerline of said Section 34, a distance of 328.26 feet to a point; thence Westerly along a line parallel with and 328.26 feet Northerly of the Southerly line of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 34, a distance of 1326.98 feet to a point; thence Northerly along a line parallel with and 633.52 feet Easterly of the Westerly line of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 34, a distance of 2030.83 feet to a point; thence Westerly along a line parallel with the Northerly line of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 34, a distance of 633.52 feet to a point on the North and South centerline of said Section 34, distant 2360.52 feet Northerly of the Southwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of said Section 34; thence Northerly along the North and South centerline of said Section 34 to the Northerly line thereof; thence Westerly along the Northerly line of said Section 34 a distance of 50.00 feet to a point; thence Southerly along a line parallel with and 50.00 feet Westerly of the North and South centerline of said Section 34 to a point, distant 165.00 feet Southerly of the East and West centerline of said Section 34; thence Easterly along a line 165.00 feet Southerly of and parallel with the East and West centerline of said Section 34, a distance of 50.00 feet to a point on the North and South centerline of said Section 34; thence Southerly along the East and West centerline of said Section 34, a distance of 1161.24 feet to the Southerly line of the North 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 34; thence Westerly along the Southerly line of the North 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 34 a distance of 2654.50 feet to the Westerly line of said Section 34; thence Southerly along the Westerly line of said Section 34 to the Southwest corner thereof, said point being also the Southeast corner of Section 33; thence Westerly along the Southerly line of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 33 to the Southwest corner thereof; thence Northerly along the Westerly line of the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 33 to the East and West centerline of said Section 33; thence Westerly along the East and West centerline of said Section 33 to the Southwest corner of the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 33; thence Northerly along the Westerly line of the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 33 to the Northwest corner thereof; thence Easterly along the Northerly line of said Section 33, being also the Southerly line of Section 28, to a point, said point being the Southwest corner of the East 20 acres of the South 120 acres of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 28; thence Northerly along the Westerly line of the East 20 acres of the South 120 acres of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 28 to the Northwest corner of said East 20 acres of the South 120 acres of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 28; thence Easterly along the Northerly line of said East 20 acres of the South 120 acres of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 28 to the North and South centerline of said Section 28; thence Southerly along the North and South centerline of said Section 28 to the Northerly line of the South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 28; thence Easterly along the Northerly line of said South 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 28, a distance of 134 and 6/31 rods to a point; thence Southerly a distance of 31 rods to a point, said point being 25 and 25/31 rods Westerly of the Easterly line and 49 rods Northerly of the Southerly line of said Section 28; thence Easterly along a line 49 rods Northerly of and parallel with the Southerly line of said Section 28 to a point, said point being 49 rods Northerly of and 33.00 feet Westerly of the Southeast corner of said Section 28; thence Northerly along a line 33.0 feet Westerly of and parallel with the Easterly line of said Section 28 to a point, said point being 282.5 feet Southerly of the Northerly line of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 28; thence Easterly along a line 282.5 feet Southerly of and parallel with the Northerly line of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 28, a distance of 33.00 feet to a point on the Easterly line of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 28, said point being also on the Westerly line of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 27 and 282.5 feet Southerly of the Northwest corner of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 27; (excepting the Westerly 208.71 feet of the Easterly 1017.21 feet of the South 208.71 feet of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 28; thence continuing Easterly along a line 282.5 feet Southerly of and parallel with the Northerly line of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 27 to the North and South centerline of said Section 27; thence Southerly along the North and South centerline of said Section 27 to the Southwest corner of the North 78 acres of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 27; thence Easterly along the Southerly line of the North 78 acres of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 27 to a point 50.0 feet Westerly of the Easterly line of said Section 27; thence Northerly along a line parallel with and Westerly of the Easterly line of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 27 to a point 116.73 feet Southerly of the Southerly right-of-way line of Maple Avenue; thence Westerly along a line parallel with and 116.73 feet Southerly of the Southerly right-of-way line of Maple Avenue to a point, distant 450.0 feet Westerly of the Easterly line of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 27; thence Northerly a distance of 116.73 feet to a point on the Southerly right-of-way of Maple Avenue; thence Easterly along the Southerly right-of-way of Maple Avenue to its intersection with the Westerly right-of-way of Route 54; thence Northerly along the Westerly right-of-way line of Route 54 a distance of 66.0 feet to a point on the Northerly right-of-way line of Maple Avenue, said point being 50.0 feet Westerly of the Easterly line of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 27; thence Westerly along the Northerly right-of-way line of Maple Avenue a distance of 400.0 feet to a point, said point being the Southwest corner of Lot 5 of Arthur T. McIntosh & Co.'s Richton Park Farms, a subdivision of the North 78 acres of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 27, thence Northerly along a line parallel with and 450 feet Westerly of the Easterly line of said Section 27 a distance of 516.72 feet to a point in the Southerly right-of-way line of the Commonwealth Edison Company; thence Westerly along the Southerly right-of-way line of the Commonwealth Edison Company to the North and South centerline of said Section 27; thence Northerly along the North and South centerline of said Section 27 a distance of 150.0 feet to the point of beginning, excluding therefrom the following: The Northwest quarter of Section 34, Township 35 North, Range 13 East, of the Third Principal Meridian (excepting therefrom the North 342.70 feet of the West 342.70 feet thereof) and also excepting the East 50 feet thereof and also excepting the North 1200 feet of the West 200 feet of the East 250 feet thereof; also the North 1/2 of the Southwest quarter of Section 34, Township 35 North, Range 13 East of the Third Principal Meridian (excepting therefrom the North 165.00 feet of the East 50 feet thereof) all in Cook County, Illinois. (2) Lot 3 in Block 13 in A. T. McIntosh & Co.'s Crawford Countryside Unit No. 2, being a subdivision of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 15, Township 35 North, Range 13, East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 87-834.)