Urban v. Madison County Building & Zoning Department

The plaintiffs filed suit in the Circuit Court of Madison County seeking administrative review of a ruling by the Zoning Board of Appeals denying plaintiffs’ petition to rezone certain land from a residential use to a general manufacturing use. The Circuit Court affirmed the decision of the Board of Appeals, and plaintiffs have appealed. On appeal they contend that the decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals was against the manifest weight of the evidence and that the zoning ordinance is unconstitutional as applied to the subject property. They also argue that the proceedings, findings and…