Kraegel v. Village of Wood Dale

Defendant, Village of Wood Dale, appeals from a declaratory judgment granting plaintiffs’ proposed use of a 200-unit apartment complex and declaring the village zoning ordinance invalid as applied to plaintiffs’ property. At issue are the number of units plaintiffs may place on their property.

Plaintiffs are owners of vacant property located near the center of the Village of Wood Dale. The property is presently zoned M-l (light manufacturing ). It is in the shape of a trapezoid bordered diagonally on the north by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. North of the railroad tracks is the…