Legal Opinion
Foster & Kleiser, Division of Metromedia, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 23, 1976No. 61355PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sullivan
Defendants appeal from an order of the circuit court reversing the Zoning Board of Appeals’ denial of plaintiffs application for a special use. The issue presented for review in the trial court and here is whether the action of the Zoning Board was against the manifest weight of the evidence.
The record reflects that plaintiff had leased the roof of a building located at One East Ohio Street, in Chicago, for the purpose of erecting a billboard. This property was zoned B7-6 (Restricted Central Business) which permitted rooftop advertising signs but limited their height to 50 feet above curb…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. FoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
- Kohout v. Civil Service Commission of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1960
- Saladino v. City of South BeloitIllinois Supreme Court · 1956
- W. F. Smith & Co. v. LowensteinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
3Cited by7 opinions
- E & E HAULING, INC. v. Pollution Control Bd.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- Scadron v. Zoning Board of AppealsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
- Hope Deliverance Center, Inc. v. ZONING BD. OF APPEALS, CITY OF CHICAGOAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- Cosmopolitan National Bank v. Village of NilesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- Cosmopolitan National Bank v. Zoning Board of AppealsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1978
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