Constant Velocity Corp. v. City of Aurora

In this writ of review action, plaintiff appeals a circuit court judgment holding that the City of Aurora had erred in assessing plaintiff $14,307.70 for costs of abatement of a nuisance, and that the assessment should have been $4,163.50. The city cross-appeals,1 assigning error to the trial court’s reduction in the assessment. We affirm on appeal and on cross-appeal.

The facts relevant to this appeal are that plaintiff owned a building that was located within the historic district of the city of Aurora. In July 1990 there was a major fire in the building, which left only the exterior…