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Kankakee council approves transfers, liens and sales to move vacant and improved properties into private hands or land bank
Summary
The City Council approved a series of resolutions and an ordinance amendment to remove one parcel from the city—s improved-parcel sales list and to transfer or sell several properties, assign liens to the regional land bank and accept a deed on a demo-listed house so the city can clear title before demolition.
Kankakee City Council on Monday approved several measures to move city-owned properties into rehabilitation or private ownership, including removing 427 South Chicago Avenue from the city—s list of improved parcels and transferring it to the Kankakee Regional Land Bank.
The actions are part of an effort to reduce the number of vacant and boarded properties the city owns and put them in the hands of entities that will renovate or redevelop them.
City attorney (in-house counsel) told the council the ordinance amendment removes 427 South Chicago Avenue from the list attached to Ordinance 2022-57 so the parcel can be deeded to the land bank under the city—s intergovernmental agreement. The council then approved a separate resolution to transfer the property to the land bank.
The council also approved a resolution assigning city…
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