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ORDINANCE NO. 1685-
AN ORDINANCE RE-ZONING CERTAIN PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF CANTON,
FULTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
WHEREAS, a Petition for Re-Zoning, signed by the owner of
record of the real estate hereinafter described, was filed before
the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Canton, Illinois,
requesting that said real estate be re-zoned from R-2 (Single
Family Residential District) to a B-2 (General Commercial District)
zoning classification; and
WHEREAS, the real estate which is the subject of this Petition
is located at 1027 East Linn Street, in the City of Canton, Fulton
County, Illinois and is legally described as follows:
A part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 35, Township 7
North, Range 4 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, Fulton
County, Illinois, described as follows: Beginning at a point
412 feet North of the Southeast corner of said Northwest
Quarter of said Section 35, running thence North 390 feet,
thence West 111.7 feet, thence South 390 feet, thence East
111.7 feet to the point of beginning; all situated in Fulton
County, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, SEWARD CONSTRUCTION, INC. is the owner of record of
the real estate to be re-zoned and there are no other owners of
record; and
WHEREAS, the real estate to be re-zoned is within the corporate
limits of the City of Canton, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, all petitions, documents and other necessary legal
requirements are in full compliance with the statutes of the State
of Illinois and the ordinances of the City of Canton, Illinois, and
proper notice of the filing of the Petition for Re-Zoning was given
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as provided by law; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held before the Planning and
Zoning Commission of the City of Canton, Illinois on January 8,
2001, pursuant to proper notice published in the Canton Daily
Ledger, a secular newspaper having a general circulation in the
City of Canton, County of Fulton and State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, on January 8, 2001, the Planning and Zoning Commission
of the City of Canton, Illinois recommended to the City Council of
the City of Canton, Illinois that the real estate described above
be re-zoned from R-2 (Single Family Residential District) to a B-2
(General Commercial District) zoning classification; and
WHEREAS, the highest and best use of the real estate described
above is for general commercial purposes; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Canton,
Illinois that said real estate be re-zoned from R-2 (Single Family
Residential District) to a B-2 (General Commercial District) zoning
classification.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City
of Canton, Illinois, as follows:
1. That the City Council finds as facts the recitals
hereinabove set forth.
2. That the real estate described above be re-zoned from R-2
(Single Family Residential District) to a B-2 (General Commercial
District) zoning classification.
3. That the Zoning Administrator of the City of Canton,
Illinois is hereby directed to make the appropriate changes to the
zoning maps of the City of Canton to reflect this re-zoning.
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4. That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon
its passage by the City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois,
and approval by the Mayor thereof.
PASSED by a majority vote of the City Council of the City of
Canton, Illinois, and APPROVED by the Mayor thereof this 6th day
of February , 2001, upon a roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Aldermen May, Shores, Meade, Nidiffer, Phillips, Sarff, Hartford, Molleck,
NAYS : None .
ABSENT: Nye.
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'Donald E. Edwards, Mayor
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Attest:
cy S. hates, City Clerk
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