Ordinance 2001-47 200100016940
November 7, 2000 Filed for Record in
KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
PAUL ANDERSON
STATE OF ILLINOIS ) 09-12-2001 At 02:37 FM.
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ORDER `0.00
COUNTY OF KENDALL )
ORDINANCE NO. 2001-`'l"1
ENABLING ORDINANCE TO CREATE SPECIAL TAX SERVICE AREA 2001- FOR
FOX HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION,PHASE I
NOW COMES, FRONTIER LAND GROUP, L.L.C., "OWNER" of FOX HIGHLANDS
SUBDIVISION, PHASE I and the UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE herein after referred to as
"CITY" who agree to create a back-up Special Tax Service Area upon the following terms and
conditions:
WHEREAS, FRONTIER LAND GROUP, L.L.C., OWNER,wishes to provide additional
security to the UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE for purposes of guaranteeing unique and special
municipal services to the FOX HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION,PHASE I and to provide a back-up
mechanism for subdivision signage,common areas and detention within the subdivision in the event
the Homeowners Association or Developers thereof fail to maintain those features; and
WHEREAS, the owner of 100% of the subject real property hereinafter described in the
attached Exhibit "A" has entered into a Declaration of Covenant and Restrictions providing for
repair and maintenance of monuments, signage, landscaping, other common area maintenance
responsibilities, and administrative expenses for said Development; and
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WHEREAS, the Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions of record dated
have provided a primary duty with the Homeowners Association of the FOX HIGHLANDS
SUBDIVISION, PHASE I to have maintenance and repair responsibility for the above specified
purposes; and
WHEREAS, the CITY is desirous of providing a back-up mechanism providing for the
payment of any cost of maintenance and repair of the above-described purposes as well as any
common elements,and subdivision entrance monumentation and signage to the FOX HIGHLANDS
SUBDIVISION, PHASE I and if the Homeowners Association of the FOX HIGHLANDS
SUBDIVISION,PHASE I does not satisfactorily, in the opinion of the City Administration of the
UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, maintain those items above listed up to a safe and passable
standard for the residents of said FOX HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION,PHASE I that a mechanism
be established in order to provide that services are provided,which shall not become a tax burden
on the general citizenry of the UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE; and
WHEREAS,pursuant to 35 ILCS 200\27-5 et. seq.provides for the creation of Special Tax
Service Area for the provision of municipal services to be assessed to a given area to finance those
maintenance and improvements to the specifically designated area, providing unique and special
services contained in said Special Tax Service Area; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED
CITY OF YORKVILLE AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION I
That a Special Tax Service Area is created for the above-stated purposes in the FOX
HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION, PHASE I covering all platted lots within said SUBDIVISION,
known as "FOX HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION, PHASE I".
That the area designated for coverage by said Special Tax Service Area is as set out in the
attached Exhibit"A"to this Ordinance.
SECTION II
That said Special Tax Service Area is being created as a secondary source of financing to
provide for any maintenance and repair of landscaping, subdivision entrance monumentation, and
signage within common areas not carried out by the Fox Highlands Homeowners Association as well
as the associated administrative expenses incurred by the CITY.
SECTION III
That prior to the imposition of any levy of taxes pursuant to an act creating a Special Tax
Service Area Tax Act, 35 ILCS 200\27-5 et seq., a hearing shall be held in accordance with said
Statute providing for the amount of taxes to be levied,the purposes for which said taxes are levied,
and the necessity of levying said tax against the FOX HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION,PHASE I only
in the event that the Homeowners Association of said Subdivision or Developer does not maintain
the above specified improvements, as well as common areas, subdivision entrance monumentation
and signage of said Subdivision in a safe and passable manner.
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SECTION IV
That any tax so levied shall be levied based on the assessed value of each of the taxable units
located within said Subdivision. Notification of said levy shall be given in accordance with said
Statute above cited in conformance with Illinois Compiled Statutes as to each individual dwelling
unit owner on any platted lot in said Subdivision.
SECTION V
The UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE shall have power to issue Bonds pursuant to said
Special Service Area Tax Act to complete said work and to levy repayment on an annual real estate
tax bill basis against each dwelling unit within the FOX HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION,PHASE I;
but in no event shall said assessment exceed$.50 per$100.00 of equalized assessed valuation.
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT UPON ITS PASSAGE
AND APPROVAL.
MIKE ANDERSON A JOSEPH BESCO
VALERIE BURR PAUL JAMES
LARRY KOT MARTY MUNNS
ROSE SPEARS RICHARD STICKA
PROVED by me,as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville,Kendall County,Illinois,this
ay of Lla t, ,A.D. 204.
MAYOR
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PASSED by the City Council of the United City of Yorkville,Kendall County,Illinois this
day of , A.D. 20V4.
Attest. I
CITY CLERK
Prepared by and return to:
Law Offices of Daniel J. Kramer
1107A S. Bridge Street
Yorkville, Illinois 60560
630.553.9500
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Exhibit "A"
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
This is to certify that I, Phillip D. Young, an Illinois Professional Land Surveyor and an officer
of Phillip D. Young and Associates, Inc., have surveyed, subdivided and platted that part of the
Southwest Quarter of Section 4 and that part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 9, Township 36
North, Range 7 East of the Third Principal Meridian described as follows: Beginning at the
Northeast Corner of"Walnut Ridge,Kendall Township, Kendall County, Illinois",being also the
point of intersection of the centerline of Illinois State Route No. 71 and a westerly line of"Oak
Hill Farm" as shown on a plat recorded in Plat Book 5 at Page 16 and now in Cabinet of Plats at
Slot 303; thence South 13'10'12" East, along the easterly line of said"Walnut Ridge" and said
westerly line of"Oak Hill Farm", 831.39 feet to an angle point in said westerly line; thence
South 53'33'06" East, along the southwesterly line of"Oak Hill Farm", 789.95 feet to an angle
point in said southwesterly line; thence South 76°53'04" East, along the southwesterly line of
said"Oak Hill Farm", 550.23 feet to the westerly line of the abandoned right-of-way of the Fox
and Illinois Union Railway Company; thence northerly, along said westerly right-of-way line,
1774.24 feet to the centerline of Illinois State Route No. 71; thence South 72°02'59" West, along
said centerline, 480.0 feet; thence South 17°57'01" East, 507.66 feet; thence South 72°02'59"
West, 198.0 feet; thence North 17°57'01" West, 127.90 feet; thence North 13'11'28" West,
132.38 feet; thence North 15°44'30" West, 58.32 feet; thence North 16°39'39" West 139.59 feet
to the southerly line of Illinois State Route No. 71; thence North 17°57'01" West, 50.0 feet to
said centerline of Illinois State Route No. 71; thence westerly, along said centerline, 489.95 feet
to the point of beginning in the United City of the Village of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
and containing 34.170 acres, more or less, as shown by the plat hereon drawn which is a correct
representation of said survey and subdivision. All distances are in feet and decimal parts thereof.
All distances shown on curved lines are true arc distances. I further certify that the above
described property is is within the corporate limits of the United City of the Village of Yorkville
which has adapted an official plan, and that no part of the above described property is located
within a special flood hazard area as identified on Federal Emergency Management Agency
Flood Insurance Rate Map Community Panel 170341-0075C with an effective date of July 19,
1982.