Jones v. City of Carbondale

Hill House, Inc., filed an application with the City of Carbondale (City) for a special use permit on May 30, 1989. Thereafter, William Jones filed a petition seeking to invoke the provisions of section 11— 13 — 14 of the Illinois Municipal Code, which provides in pertinent part:

“In case of a written protest against any proposed amendment of the regulations or districts, signed and acknowledged by *** the owners of 20% of the frontage immediately adjoining *** the frontage proposed to be altered, is [sic] filed with the clerk of the municipality, the amendment shall not be passed except by a…