Legal Opinion
North Avenue Novelties, Incorporated v. City of Chicago, an Illinois Municipal Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 1996No. 95-2474PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff North Avenue Novelties, Inc. (“Novelties”) seeks a declaratory judgment that the provisions of the Chicago Zoning Ordinance specifying the location of “adult uses” in Chicago are unconstitutional. For the following reasons, we affirm the district court’s conclusion that the ordinance is not unconstitutional.
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It is helpful to begin by examining the overall scheme of the Chicago Zoning Ordinance. Decades ago, the City of Chicago was divided into Residential Districts, Business Districts, Commercial Districts, and Manufacturing Districts. The ordinance was…
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