State Ex Rel. Bollenbeck v. Village of Shorewood Hills

Defendants contend that the plaintiff’s petition does not state a cause of action, and that the court erred in overruling their motion to supersede the writ of certiorari, and in entering judgment for the plaintiff upon such petition. The motion to supersede the writ of certiorari is in the nature of a demurrer to the petition.

A construction of the zoning ordinance involves the following definitions of the various types of lots as defined in the ordinance:

“Lot: Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its accessory buildings and including such open spaces as are required under this…