A recent First District Illinois Appellate Court opinion puts a new spin on the test for evaluating whether a municipal zoning ordinance is constitutional.
Under this amendatory act, premises located within a municipality with a population exceeding 1,000,000 people and located within 100 feet of a church may be licensed to sell alcoholic liquor as long as...
On August 26, 2005, the Illinois Appellate Court, Second District, affirmed the decision of the Circuit Court of DuPage County issuing a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the defendant landowner because the landowner's business operation constituted an adult business use
On April 17, 2003, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the appellate court that a nonhome rule unit of local government may not use its statutory zoning authority to prevent the operation of a home day-care facility licensed by the Department of Children and Family Services.
On October 18, 2002, the Illinois Supreme Court held that interested parties had the due process right to cross-examine adverse witnesses at a joint hearing involving a special use permit.
On February 8, 2002, the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, affirmed the partial grant of summary judgment to the plaintiff regarding her complaint against Olympia Fields for preventing her from operating a DCFS-licensed day care out of her home because it violated a village zoning ordinance.
