Town of Libertyville v. Connors

In Egidi v. Town of Libertyville (1989), 181 Ill. App. 3d 542, 537 N.E.2d 369, this court considered an issue quite similar to that present in this case: whether two parcels, each less than 50 acres but when added together equal more than 50 acres, separated by a 270-foot right-of-way could be acquired under the Township Open Space Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 139, par. 321 et seq.). We held that, because the separate areas of land purchased did not adjoin or abut each other, the two parcels cannot be considered “an area of land” within the statutory definition contained in section…