Padgett v. City of Oakbrook Terrace

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DAVIS

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs, Walter C. Padgett and Mildred Padgett, brought this declaratory judgment action against the City of Oakbrook Terrace, praying that the City’s zoning ordinance be declared null and void as applied to their property. The trial court entered a judgment in favor of the defendant, from which the plaintiffs have appealed.

The plaintiffs’ land, consisting of six lots totalling approximately 130,000 square feet, is situated on the southeast border of the defendant City. The present zoning applicable to the land is single-family…