Nelson v. County of De Kalb

Plaintiff, Janice K. Nelson, filed an action seeking a declaration that certain portions of defendant’s, De Kalb County’s, zoning ordinance (De Kalb County Ordinance § 1.01 et seq. (eff. January 1, 2000)) are unconstitutional as applied to her property. The circuit court found that plaintiff did not sustain her burden of showing that the ordinance was invalid. It therefore entered judgment in favor of the county. We hold that the trial court’s findings were not contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence; consequently, we affirm its judgment.

The instant appeal arises from plaintiff’s…