Triangle Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Chaddick

On August 4, 1964, plaintiff was ordered by the Zoning Administrator of Chicago to remove a signboard it maintained at 3024-26 South Ash-land Avenue. The order stated that the signboard was in violation of Section 10.14 of the Chicago Zoning Ordinance. The relevant portion of this section provides as follows:

“(4) No advertising sign shall be permitted within 400 feet of * * * the main roadway of a specified major route if the face thereof is visible therefrom, * * * .”

This order was affirmed by the Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals on October 24, 1967. On review to the Circuit Court of Cook…