Gold Coast Zoning Challenge Continues
October 25, 2004 by lseggelke · Leave a Comment
The City of Chicago and Gold Coast residents are elated about another court win against Draper & Kramer. Read more
Case Law: Home Rule
October 19, 2004 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
City’s home rule status did not deprive plaintiffs of statutory authority conferred upon it by Illinois Municipal Code. The Illinois Appellate Court, 1st District, 5th Division, has reversed an order entered by Judges Sophia H. Hall and Thomas J. O’Brien in an action seeking to enforce a local zoning ordinance. Read more
Case Law: Seller Misrepresentation
October 18, 2004 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
Trial court properly dismissed complaint alleging fraudulent misrepresentation based on seller’s failure to inform plaintiff of certain zoning ordinances when plaintiff’s reliance on misrepresentation was not reasonable. Read more
Case Law: Special Use Ordinance
October 11, 2004 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
Trial court erred in invalidating village special-use ordinance limiting Montessori school to maximum of 120 students on basis that ordinance was arbitrary and bore no substantial relationship to public health and welfare; in fact, village presented overwhelming evidence that nearby property values would diminish and that traffic hazards and noise pollution would increase if maximum were increased to 170, as court ordered. Read more
Case Law: Fair Housing Act
October 11, 2004 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
Trial court erred in granting injunction to prevent eviction of residents of a group home in suburban Palatine; home’s operator never invoked zoning procedures that would allow the village to make `reasonable accommodation’ as required by Fair Housing Act. Read more
