Darnall v. City of Monticello

Plaintiffs Robert Damall and Nancy Damall filed a complaint for declaratory judgment against defendant the city of Monticello in the circuit court of Piatt County. Plaintiffs had sought a conditional use permit to build a duplex on property which they owned in an area of Monticello which was zoned for single-family houses. The permit was denied by the city planning commission and the city council. The declaratory judgment action asked that defendant’s zoning ordinance be declared void and unenforceable against plaintiffs’ property. After a bench trial, the trial court found in favor of the…