Harvard State Bank v. County of McHenry

In February 1991, plaintiffs petitioned the County of McHenry for rezoning of their 64.5-acre property in unincorporated Coral Township, Illinois, from A-l (agricultural) to E-l (estates of one acre). A protest was filed by owners of adjacent properties. On June 18, 1991, the county board of McHenry, based on a finding by the McHenry County planning commission that the rezoning would be incompatible with surrounding land uses and inconsistent with McHenry County’s general land-use plan, voted to deny plaintiffs’ petition.

On July 10, 1992, plaintiffs filed a complaint for declaratory judgment…