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Springfield, Ill., City Code tit. IX, ch. 96, art. XII
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Springfield, Ill., City Code § 96.140 Natural area dedicated.

§ 96.140. - Natural area dedicated. Approximately 340 acres more or less of land owned by the city situated in Woodside Township, Sangamon County, Illinois and more fully identified by a plat thereof which is on file in the city clerk's office, and generally described as city owned land bordering on Lick Creek between the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio Railroad Company tracks and State Highway Number 4, are set aside and dedicated for use as a natural area to be left in an undeveloped state.

Springfield, Ill., City Code § 96.141 Supervision of areas dedicated.

§ 96.141. - Supervision of areas dedicated. The lands dedicated by this article and the use thereof shall at all times be subject to the general supervision and authority of the office of public utilities, the rules and regulations established by the office, and all ordinances of the city.

Springfield, Ill., City Code § 96.142 Reservation of rights by city.

§ 96.142. - Reservation of rights by city. The city reserves such powers with respect to the lands dedicated by this article as shall be necessary to protect the water supply. The city also reserves the right to construct, maintain, replace, and remove in, under, on, and across any of those lands dedicated by this article, roadways, pipes, mains, poles, wires, and their appurtenances for the operation and maintenance of sewer, water, electricity, telephone, and other utility services and their appurtenances and to go on those lands at any and all times for the purpose of inspecting the same, to gain access to other land, and to construct dams on any part of those lands to prevent silt from entering the body of Lake Springfield.

Springfield, Ill., City Code § 96.143 Dedicated premises to remain under city ownership.

§ 96.143. - Dedicated premises to remain under city ownership. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as meaning that the lands dedicated by this article shall be transferred out of the ownership of the city.
Source: City of Springfield, Illinois, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/il/springfield/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIXGERE_CH96LASP_ARTXIINAARFetched: 11/8/2026

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