(65 ILCS 5/11-61-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-61-2)
Sec. 11-61-2.
The corporate authorities of each municipality may vacate,
lay out, establish, open, alter, widen, extend, grade, pave, or otherwise
improve streets, alleys, avenues, sidewalks, wharves, parks, and public
grounds; and for these purposes or uses to take real property or portions
thereof belonging to the taking municipality, or to counties, school
districts, boards of education, sanitary districts or sanitary district
trustees, forest preserve districts or forest preserve district
commissioners, and park districts or park commissioners, even though the
property is already devoted to a public use, when the taking will not
materially impair or interfere with the use already existing and will not
be detrimental to the public.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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