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Case Law: Rezoning
December 15, 2004 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
Plaintiffs’ petition to rezone their 87-acre parcel of land from agricultural to single-family residential was properly denied because the predominant use in the area surrounding the plaintiffs’ property is agricultural. The Illinois Appellate Court, 2d District, has affirmed a ruling by Boone County Circuit Judge Steven M. Nash. Read More…
Revised Chicago Building Code Allows for CPVC for Fire Sprinkler Pipe
December 15, 2004 by lseggelke · Leave a Comment
Chicago has joined the country’s other 50 largest cities in allowing the use of CPVC for fire sprinkler systems in high-rise retrofits. This is the first time that Chicago high rises can install anything other than metallic fire sprinkler pipe. Read More…
Case Law: Correctional Centers and Detention Facilities
December 12, 2004 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
Municipality may not force state to abide by zoning ordinance requiring state to apply for special-use permit where state is carrying out statutory duty encompassing statewide concern. Read More…
Case Law: Injunction
December 11, 2004 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
Trial court correctly concluded that defendant’s industrial uses of its property zoned residential and commercial were in violation of the county zoning ordinance; injunction to prevent those uses was also proper. Read More…
New City Sprinkler Regulations Should Pass City Council
December 8, 2004 by lseggelke · Leave a Comment
The day after the LaSalle National Bank building fire, Mayor Richard Daley and alderman Bernard Stone who heads the City Council’s Buildings Committee said a proposed ordinance mandating sprinklers in older high-rises should pass in its current form. Read More…
Case Law: Petition to Rezone
December 8, 2004 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
Trial court correctly ruled that county zoning ordinance was void and correctly enjoined county from enforcing ordinance that would have prevented rezoning of rural property from agricultural to residential use. Read More…
Case Law: Sanctions – Reasonable Inquiry
December 3, 2004 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
District judge correctly refused to impose Rule 11 sanctions against a real estate developer who had sued DuPage County and two suburban villages for conspiracy. Read More…
Case Law: Wrecking and Building Permits
November 22, 2004 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
The Circuit Court of Cook County granted the City of Chicago and Rafeael Hernandez, Director of the Department of Construction and Permits a motion to dismiss plaintiff Yuriy Ropiy’s complaint for a writ of mandamus, requesting the defendants issue wrecking and building permits for his property. Read More…
Case Law: Flood Control
November 22, 2004 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
Municipal ordinance applies only prospectively and therefore did not prohibit continuation of prior non-conforming use by plaintiff after plaintiff purchased subject property and made improvements. Read More…
Case Law: Inverse Condemnation
November 12, 2004 by dwagner · Leave a Comment
Trial court erred in dismissing dragstrip owner’s claim that county ordinance reducing days and hours that dragstrip could operate resulted in unconstitutional taking of its property without compensation. Read More…
