Halfway House v. City of Waukegan

Defendant, the City of Waukegan (the City), appeals the circuit court’s order declaring invalid certain conditions which the City attached to a conditional use permit granted to plaintiff, Rebound, Inc. The City contends that the court’s order unduly interferes with the City’s legislative authority to impose reasonable conditions upon the granting of such a permit.

Rebound, then legally known as Community Correction Services, Inc., and commonly known as Halfway House, filed applications for rezoning and for a conditional use permit for certain property on Lewis Avenue in the City. Plaintiff…