Illinois Statutes Chapter 70. Special Districts § 1205/8-7. Powers over boulevards

§ 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.