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REQUEST TO AMEND A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEM
Department: Planning and Development (Economic Development)
Request: Requesting authorization for the Cook County Board of Commissioners to approve as amended
Item Number: 14-4216
Previously Approved Date: 07/23/2013
The amendment is indicated by the underscored and stricken language.
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has adopted a Real Property Assessment Classification 7b that provides an applicant a reduction in the assessment level for a commercial facility; and
WHEREAS, the County Board of Commissioners has received and reviewed an application from Ingraffia-Gambino Investments LLC/Tony's Finer Foods and Resolution No. 2013-14 from the City of Countryside for an abandoned commercial facility located at 6704-24 Joliet Road, Countryside, Cook County, Illinois, Cook County District 17, Permanent Index Number 18-20-103-007-000, 18-20-103-006-000, and 18-20-103-004-0000; and
WHEREAS, Cook County has defined abandoned property as buildings and other structures that, after having been vacant and unused for at least 24 months, are purchased for value by a purchaser in whom the seller has no direct financial interest; and
WHEREAS, commercial real estate is normally assessed at 25% of its market value, qualifying commercial real estate eligible for the Class 7b can receive a significant reduction in the level of assessment from the date that new construction or rehabilitation has been completed, or in the case of abandoned property from the date of substantial re-occupancy. Properties receiving Class 7b will be assessed at 10% of the market value for 10 years, 15% for the 11th year and 20% in the 12th year; and
WHEREAS, in the instance where the property does not meet the definition of abandoned property, the municipality or the Board of Commissioners, may determine that special circumstances justify finding that the property is abandoned for purpo...
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