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An Ordinance Amending the Designating Ordinance of the Village of Romeoville in Connection with the Des Plaines River Valley Enterprise Zone
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WHEREAS, in 2014, the Village of Romeoville entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the County of Will, the City of Joliet, the Village of Lockport and the Village of Rockdale to establish a joint enterprise zone to be known as the Des Plaines River Valley Enterprise Zone, which agreement was later amended to include the Village of Romeoville; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with said agreement and the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act (20 ILCS 655/5.1 et seq.) the Mayor and Village Board adopted Ordinance No. 14-1166 designating certain territory within the Village of Romeoville as an enterprise zone , and such designations which as deemed necessary are done from time to time, and approved and certified by the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the State of Illinois subsequently approved and certified the joint enterprise zone and subsequent expansion to include the territory as depicted in Exhibit A within the Village of Romeoville; and
WHEREAS, the parties last amended the zone boundaries in the Intergovernmental Agreement and the Designative Ordinance of each party in 2024; and
WHEREAS, on July 9, 2025, a public notice and public hearing regarding the foregoing proposal will be held as required by Section 5.4 of the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act, where the Board of Directors of the Des Plaines River Valley Enterprise Zone will recommend that this Amendment be adopted by the corporate authorities of the parties.
WHEREAS, the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Romeoville hereby find and determine that the amendment of the zone is in the best interest of the Village of Romeoville; and
WHEREAS, this Ordinance is adopted in accordance with the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act and pursuant to the powers of the Village of Romeoville.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: RECITALS. The foregoing recitals are hereby incorporated into this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: Section 4 of Ordinance No. 14-1166 of the Village of Romeoville, as amended, being the certified designating ordinance adopted by the Village of Romeoville in connection with the establishment of the Des Plaines River Valley Enterprise Zone, is hereby amended to read as follows:
The area of the designated Enterprise Zone shall have the legal description and be as depicted in the map that are set fort in Exhibit A, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated hereto by reference.
SECTION 3: This Ordinance is strictly intended to approve the area designated as the Minnick Services Property to the enterprise zone. In the event the State of Illinois does not approve and certify the addition of the Minnick Services Property, the addition of the enterprise zone shall remain as originally certified by the State of Illinois.
SECTION 4: The Village Manager is hereby authorized to submit a certified copy of this Ordinance to the State of Illinois, the Enterprise Zone Board of the Des Plaines River Valley Enterprise Zone Board and to the administrators, representatives and corporate authorities of the County of Will, the City of Lockport, the Village of Rockdale and the City of Joliet and other interested persons.
SECTION 5: SEVERABILITY. That the various provisions of this Ordinance are to be considered severable and if any part or portion of this Ordinance shall be held invalid by any Court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 6: CONFLICTS. All prior Ordinances and Resolutions, or parts thereof in conflict or inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby expressly repealed only to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency.
SECTION 7: REPEALER. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be, and the same are hereby repealed.
SECTION 8: EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form as provided by law
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2025 DES PLAINES RIVER VALLEY ENTERPRISE ZONE EXPANSION
THOSE PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER, SOUTHWEST QUARTER, SOUTHEAST QUARTER, AND NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 13; AND THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 14, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOW: BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF BRIGGS STREET AND THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 14; THENCE EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF AFORESAID SECTION 13; THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 3.00 FEET OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID WEST 3.00 FEET, TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF AFORESAID SECTION 13; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 3.00 FEET OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER TO A POINT ON THE WEST PROLONGATION OF THE NORTH LINE OF 5TH AVENUE, SAID LINE ALSO BEING THE WEST PROLONGATION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 9 IN BLOCK 11 OF L.E. INGALLS SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 261925; THENCE EAST ALONG SAID WEST PROLONGATION TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF INTERSTATE ROUTE 80 (F.A.I. ROUTE 80); THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF AFORESAID SECTION 13, SAID LINE ALSO BEING THE WEST LINE OF DENLER SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R2022054110; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID WEST LINE TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID DENLER SUBDIVISION, SAID NORTHWEST CORNER ALSO BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LANDS CONVEYED BY WARRANTY DEED (B), RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R2024054500; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF AFORESAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER AND ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID WARRANTY DEED (B), TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF AFORESAID SECTION 13, SAID NORTH LINE ALSO BEING THE NORTH LINE OF SAID WARRANTY DEED (B); THENCE EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE AND ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF AFORESAID SECTION 13, TO A POINT LOCATED 275.44 FEET WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER AND THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 60.00 FEET OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER, SAID POINT BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LANDS CONVEYED BY WARRANTY DEED (A), RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R2024054499; THENCE ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID WARRANTY DEED (A) AS FOLLOWS: NORTH 40 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 36 SECONDS EAST 21.07 FEET, NORTHEASTERLY ALONG A CURVE CONCAVE TO THE SOUTH WITH A RADIUS OF 246.00 FEET AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 203.45 FEET, NORTH 88 DEGREES 07 MINUTES 39 SECONDS EAST 30.24, NORTH 43 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST 70.59 FEET, AND NORTH 87 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 14 SECONDS EAST 0.65 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST 60.00 FEET OF THE AFORESAID NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 39 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID WEST LINE, 144.18 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE SOUTH 87 DEGREES 55 MINUTES 58 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE AND ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF AFORESAID SECTION 13, A DISTANCE OF 145.44 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LAND CONVEYED BY AFORESAID WARRANTY DEED (B); THENCE SOUTH 56 DEGREES 32 MINUTES 59 SECONDS WEST 153.62 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH 80.00 FEET OF AFORESAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, TO A POINT ON A LINE LOCATED 558.00 FEET EAST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF LANDS CONVEYED BY WARRANTY DEED (C), RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R2025000669; THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 50.00 FEET OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE AFORESAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER, SAID POINT ALSO BEING ON THE NORTH LINE OF AFORESAID DENLAR SUBDIVISION; THENCE WEST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 3.00 FEET OF SAID SOUTHEAST QUARTER, SAID EAST LINE ALSO BEING THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 3.00 FEET OF OUTLOT A IN SAID DENLAR SUBDIVISION; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID WEST 3.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF THE NORTHERLY 3.00 FEET OF THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF AFORESAID INTERSTATE ROUTE 80 (F.A.I. ROUTE 80); THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID NORTHERLY 3.00 FEET, TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH 3.00 FEET OF 5TH AVENUE; THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTH 3.00 FEET AND WEST PROLONGATION, THEREOF, TO THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF AFORESAID SECTION 13; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID WEST LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF AFORESAID SECTION 13; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER AND ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF AFORESAID SECTION 14, TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH 3.00 FEET OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTH 3.00 FEET, TO A POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF BRIGGS STREET; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Containing 1,915,400 sq. ft.; 43.97 acres; 0.0687 sq. miles; more or less.
