Schneider v. Board of Appeals

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of La Salle County reversing and setting aside the decision of the board of appeals of the city of Ottawa, approving the action of the city engineer in issuing a permit to appellants to make certain alterations in a residence building owned by them on Pearl Street in said city. The presiding judge certified as to the validity of an ordinance being involved, and that the public interest required the cause to be reviewed. The cause is here pursuant to such certificate.

The controversy arose when the city engineer of Ottawa, on July 26, 1947,…