Reichard v. Zoning Board of Appeals

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Comt of Cook County reversing a decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals of Park Ridge which granted to the appellant, All American Life and Casualty Company (“All American”), a variation permitting construction of a seven story office building, 88 feet in height, in a zoning district where the height limit is 40 feet.

The subject property, which is owned by All American, is located on the north side of Higgins Road west of its intersection with Cumberland Avenue. It has an east-west dimension of approximately 331 feet and north-south dimensions…