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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
Great Lake Stair & Steel, Inc. 6B PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE REQUEST
WHEREAS, the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development received and reviewed a Real Property Assessment Classification 6b application containing the following information:
Applicant: Great Lake Stair & Steel, Inc.
Address: 10130 & 10140 Virginia Ave., Chicago Ridge Illinois
Municipality or Unincorporated Township: Village of Chicago Ridge
Cook County District: 6
Permanent Index Number: 24-07-311-016-0000 and 24-07-311-014-0000
Municipal Resolution Number: Village of Chicago Ridge, Resolution No. 20-05-070
Number of month property vacant/abandoned: 12 months vacant
Special circumstances justification requested: Yes
Proposed use of property: Industrial use - Manufacturing
Living Wage Ordinance Compliance Affidavit Provided: Yes
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has adopted a Real Property Assessment Classification 6b that provides an applicant a reduction in the assessment level for an abandoned industrial facility; and
WHEREAS, the Cook County Classification System for Assessment defines abandoned property as buildings and other structures that, after having been vacant and unused for at least 24 continuous months, have been purchased for value by a purchaser in whom the seller has no direct financial interest; 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 may exist that justify finding that the property is abandoned for purpose of Class 6b; and
WHEREAS, in the case of abandonment of less than 24 months and purchase for value, by a purchaser in whom the seller has no direct financial interest, the County may determine that special circumstances justify finding the property is deemed abandoned; and
WHEREAS, Class 6b requires the validation by the County Board of the shortened period of qualif...
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