Village of Southern View v. County of Sangamon

Plaintiff Village of Southern View filed a three-count complaint on August 13, 1991, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief alleging that the failure to mail a copy of the notice of a public hearing on a proposed zoning amendment to the clerk of Southern View rendered the amendment rezoning the land void ab initio. Defendant Sangamon County filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings on September 10, 1991, alleging the provision in the ordinance requiring that a copy of the notice be mailed to the clerk of Southern View was not a jurisdictional prerequisite to action by the county board…