County of Lake v. Zenko

Plaintiff, the County of Lake (County), appeals from a directed finding entered in the circuit court of Lake County for defendantcounterplaintiff, Norman Zenko. The County filed an amended complaint against Zenko seeking, inter alia, to enjoin his operation of a junkyard in violation of the Lake Comity zoning ordinance. Zenko answered, asserted affirmative defenses, and countercomplained for a declaratory judgment that, inter alia, the zoning of the premises as light industrial (LI) was invalid, the restrictions on junkyards in areas zoned LI and the area limitation for a junkyard use in…