Legal Opinion
Shipp v. County of Kankakee
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 16, 2003No. 3-02-0642PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lytton
Plaintiffs filed an application for a special use permit and variance with the County of Kankakee, in order to develop a manufactured home park. The county denied the permit, causing plaintiffs to file a complaint for declaratory judgment, claiming that the county unconstitutionally denied their special use permit application and that the village improperly denied them sewer service. The circuit court ordered the county to grant the permit application. We reverse.
Plaintiffs are the owners and contract purchasers of a 158-acre parcel of land in Kankakee County. Plaintiffs intended to develop…
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