(70 ILCS 1205/8-7) (from Ch. 105, par. 8-7)
Sec. 8-7.
Any park district shall have power within its jurisdiction to
designate by ordinance the whole or any part of two or more streets, roads,
or, boulevards under the jurisdiction of any city, town or village within
the boundaries of said district, as a public driveway, to be used for
pleasure driving only; and also to lay out, establish, alter, extend, pave
or otherwise improve and maintain the same and designate the same as
pleasure driveways, to be used for pleasure driving only. Such park
districts may, by ordinance, regulate, restrain and control the speed of
travel upon the same, and in all things may regulate, restrain and control
the use of said pleasure driveways and parks by the public or individuals,
and may exclude therefrom funeral processions or anything other than
pleasure vehicles; provided, that any and all roads, streets, boulevards or
parks lying wholly or in part within the corporate limits of any city, town
or village situated within any park district shall first, from and after
the organization of such district, by ordinance of such city, town or
village be turned over and placed under the control of such park district
and accepted, by ordinance, by such district.
Any parks or boulevards within the limits of any park district and also
within any municipality or any parks owned by or under the control of any
municipality which are in or within four miles of the corporate limits of
such municipality may, with the consent of such municipality, on the
organization of said district, be turned over to and placed under the
control thereof. In any such park district any and all lands fronting on a
lake, now belonging to or under the control of any city, town or village in
said park district, with the riparian rights attached thereto, shall be and
are hereby appropriated for such park or parks, or boulevards, as are
authorized to be made and established by this code, with the consent of
the corporate authorities of such municipality.
(Source: Laws 1951, p. 113.)
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