Universal Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Des Plaines

Plaintiff, Universal Outdoor, Inc. (Universal), filed a complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against defendant, the City of Des Plaines (the City), regarding the legality of the City’s sign regulation ordinances. Thereafter, the parties entered into a settlement agreement which was approved by the trial court and which permitted Universal to construct 12 signs at specified locations within the City. The City subsequently filed a petition to vacate the trial court’s judgment under section 2 — 1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 2 — 1401). The…