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New Commissioner for Planning and Development
September 4, 2007 by lseggelke · Leave a Comment
Mayor Daley appointed Arnold L. Randall Jr, 40, to be Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development, replacing Lori Healy. Read More…
Case Law: Tort Law
September 4, 2007 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
The City of Chicago has immunity from a lawsuit brought by the mother of a man who fell from the roof of a three-story building during a December 2004 party, the 1st District Appellate Court held Tuesday. Read More…
Daley Appoints Sadhu Johnston Chief Environmental Officer
August 16, 2007 by lseggelke · 2 Comments
Mayor Richard M. Daley named a new commissioner to the Chicago Department of Environment and created a new Chief Environmental Officer position to oversee citywide environmental efforts. Read More…
Daley Appoints Commissioner of Buildings
June 30, 2007 by lseggelke · Leave a Comment
Mayor Richard M. Daley announced in June that he has appointed Richard Rodriguez to the post of Commissioner of the Department of Buildings. Read More…
Case Law:
June 7, 2007 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
The Village of Northbrook’s zoning requirements did not violate federal law by preventing a Presbyterian church from establishing a home in the northwest suburb, a federal appeals court held Thursday. Read More…
Case Law: Adult Bookstore
April 8, 2007 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
City’s restrictions on location of adult-use businesses, which effectively zones such establishments outside of the city, did not violate business owner’s First Amendment rights where adequate alternative locations were available. Read More…
Case Law: Vested Right in Prior Zoning
January 21, 2007 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
The correct date for determination of substantial expenditure to prove vested right in the prior zoning classification is the date that some official action was taken to change zoning, as opposed to date alderman first discussed with developer the possibility of zoning amendment. Read More…
Case Law: Zoning Variance – Manifest Weight of the Evidence
January 21, 2007 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
Findings by the Chicago Zoning Board to deny application for a variance that fails to meet municipal ordinance criteria is not against the manifest weight of the evidence if the board is not required to provide specific factual findings, the plight of the property owner is self-imposed and viable alternatives are available that will produce a reasonable return without the variance. Read More…
Case Law: Conditional Use Permit and Vested Rights
January 20, 2007 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
In the City of Elgin a party cannot acquire vested rights to continue religious operations in violation of an ordinance without a conditional use permit where the city’s zoning ordinance is facially constitutional, and the party did not expend substantial time and effort attempting to comply with the ordinance as it then existed. Read More…
Case Law: Church Conditional Use Permit
December 28, 2006 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
Trial court properly dismissed church’s counterclaim that City of Elgin’s zoning ordinance was unconstitutional and in violation of federal law because the city amended the ordinance to cure any defects and the church had no vested right to continue to operate without obtaining a conditional use permit. Read More…
