Dunlap v. City of Woodstock

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of McHenry County, dismissing appellants’ petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the building commissioner of the city of Woodstock to issue a building permit allowing appellants to construct a grocery store on the north half of their residence property in that city.

On September 6, 1947, the city of Woodstock adopted a comprehensive zoning ordinance establishing uniform districts and prescribing certain uses of property in each of said districts. The property in question, owned by appellants, is part of an area zoned as “R-i,” which is…