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AN ORDINANCE PROPOSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL SERVICE AREA NUMBER 2 IN THE VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK, AND PROVIDING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND OTHER PROCEDURES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
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BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park, Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION 1
AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS.
Special Service Areas within home rule municipalities are established pursuant to Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and pursuant to the provisions of the Special Service Area Tax Law, 35 ILCS 200/27-5 et seq.
SECTION 2
FINDINGS.
The Village Board finds:
A. It is in the public interest that the creation of the area hereinafter described as a special service area, for the purposes set forth herein, be considered.
B. That the area hereinafter described is compact and contiguous, and constitutes a mixed use area under the Village Center (VC) zoning classification in the Village of Orland Park (hereinafter the “Village”).
C. That the area hereinafter described will benefit specifically from the municipal services to be provided, and that the proposed municipal services are unique and in addition to municipal services provided to the Village as a whole, and it is, therefore, in the best interests of the Village that the expenditure of funds by the Village, and the levy of special taxes against said area, for the services to be provided, be considered.
D. That the special services to be provided by the Village shall consist of the following activities within the public areas of Special Service Area Number 2, under the control of the Village:
(i) Installation of holiday decorations/lighting and seasonal landscaping;
(ii) Maintenance of public parking facilities, exclusive of the Metra parking lot, including landscaping and snow removal;
(iii) Snow removal from public roads;
(iv) Maintenance of sidewalks, crosswalks and parkways, in...
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