Scadron v. Zoning Board of Appeals

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following an administrative hearing, Chicago’s Zoning Board of Appeals (Board) denied an application filed by plaintiff, Robert Scadron, for a special use permit to erect an advertising sign on a North Loop building. On administrative review, the circuit court affirmed the Board’s decision, and plaintiff now appeals from this ruling, raising the following issues: (1) whether the Board’s decision was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence; and (2) whether the court erred in failing to consider, as part of the administrative…