Public Act 90-0695 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0695
HB2375 Enrolled LRB9007361PTcw
AN ACT to amend the Chicago Park District Act by changing
Section 15 and by adding Sections 15b and 15c.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Chicago Park District Act is amended by
changing Section 15 and adding Sections 15b and 15c as
follows:
(70 ILCS 1505/15) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.15)
Sec. 15. Acquisition of real estate.
(a) The Chicago Park District may acquire by gift,
grant, purchase, or condemnation (and may incur indebtedness
for the purchase of) any real estate lands, riparian estates
or rights, and other property (including abandoned railroad
rights-of-way) required or needed for any park, for parkways,
driveways, or boulevards, or for extending, adorning, or
maintaining the same for the purpose of establishing,
acquiring, completing, enlarging, ornamenting, building,
rebuilding, and improving public parks, boulevards, bridges,
subways, viaducts, and approaches thereto, wharfs, piers,
jetties, air landing fields and basins, shore protection
works, pleasure grounds and ways, walks, pathways, driveways,
roadways, highways, and all public works, grounds, or
improvements under the control of and within the jurisdiction
of the park commissioners, including (i) filling in submerged
land for park purposes, (ii) constructing all buildings,
field houses, stadiums, shelters, conservatories, museums,
service shops, power plants, structures, playground devices,
and boulevard and building lighting systems, and (iii)
building all other types of permanent improvement and
construction necessary to render the property under the
control of the park commissioners usable for the enjoyment of
that property as public parks, parkways, boulevards, and
pleasureways, whether the land is located within or without
the district, if the land is deemed necessary for park
purposes or for parkways, driveways, or boulevards. The
Chicago Park District shall have no power of condemnation,
however, as to real estate lands, riparian rights or estates,
or other property located outside the district, but shall
only have power to acquire that property by gift, grant, or
purchase.
(b) After December 31, 1958, the powers granted in this
Section are subject to and limited by the Chicago Park and
City Exchange of Functions Act. As provided in that Act and
in Section 7 of this Act, the Chicago Park District may not
after that date acquire, extend, and maintain boulevards,
driveways, roadways, and highways used as thoroughfares for
vehicular traffic into or within parks, or any bridges,
subways, viaducts, and approaches thereto.
(c) The Chicago Park District may acquire by lease or
permit the right to occupy and use real estate lands and
riparian estates for park and parkway purposes and may
improve, maintain, and equip the lands and estates when
authorized by the Commissioners as a park or playground, but
no permanent building or structure shall be placed upon lands
so acquired by lease or permit. The Chicago Park District
may, however, improve, remodel, and equip buildings and
structures to make them suitable for operation by the Chicago
Park District for park purposes if, at the time of the
commencement of any improvement or remodeling, the remaining
portion of the term of the permit or lease is not less than
10 years.
(d) The power of condemnation conferred by this Act
shall be exercised in the manner provided for the exercise of
the right of eminent domain under Article VII of the Code of
Civil Procedure.
(Source: P.A. 87-356.)
(70 ILCS 1505/15b new)
Sec. 15b. Licenses, easements, and rights of way. In
addition to the other powers and authority now possessed by
it, the Chicago Park District shall have the power to grant
licenses, easements, and rights of way, subject to any
conditions that may be determined by the District, to
municipalities, corporations, or persons for the
construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities on,
under, or across any property of the Chicago Park District
for water, sewer, telephone, electricity, gas, or other
public services.
(70 ILCS 1505/15c new)
Sec. 15c. Lease for equipment and machinery. In
addition to the other powers and authority now possessed by
it, the Chicago Park District may, when authorized by the
Commissioners, enter into leases for a period not to exceed 5
years for any equipment and machinery that may be required
for corporate purposes.