Howard v. Lawton

This is an action for administrative review of a decision of the zoning board of appeals of the city of Chicago upholding the refusal of the city’s zoning administrator to grant a building permit and denying an application for installation of "piggyback” facilities in the Rockwell Street yard as a special use. The superior court of Cook County affirmed the board’s decision and upheld the constitutionality of the zoning ordinance.

Defendants question our jurisdiction on direct appeal. They contend that plaintiffs did not properly raise the issue of violation of the due-process and…