Raintree Homes, Inc. v. Village of Long Grove

Plaintiffs, Raintree Homes, Inc., and Raintree Builders, Inc. (collectively, Raintree), filed a one-count amended complaint against defendant, the Village of Long Grove (Village), seeking: (1) a declaratory judgment as to the validity of Village ordinances requiring the payment of impact fees to the Village as a condition of obtaining building permits; and (2) a refund of the impact fees it paid to the Village for 19 homes it built there between 1993 and 1997. Following a bench trial, the trial court found the Village’s ordinances unenforceable and rejected the Village’s affirmative defenses.…