Lapp v. Village of Winnetka

Plaintiffs filed a complaint challenging an ordinance passed by the Village of Winnetka (Village), which granted the Winnetka Historical Society (Historical Society) a special use permit and a zoning variation to use a single-family residence and its accessory garage as the permanent home for the Historical Society’s offices, archives, historical artifacts and museum exhibit space. The zoning variation permitted the Society to extend the existing one-car garage by about 10 feet so that it could be connected to the residence to provide climate-controlled storage. Plaintiffs’ complaint also…