Cosmopolitan National Bank v. Zoning Board of Appeals

Plaintiffs Stephen Mack and Richard Kranicke are the sole beneficial owners of a vacant tract of land (hereinafter subject property) located on the southwest comer of Harlem and Cornelia Avenues in Chicago. The subject property lies within a B4-2 zoning classification, a classification which permits residential use of the ground floor of any building only if a special use variation is granted. (See Chicago, Ill., Mun. Code, ch. 194A, par. 8.3—4(1977).) The above plaintiffs and the legal title holder of the subject property Cosmopolitan National Bank of Chicago, applied to the zoning…