Johnston v. City of Geneva

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GUILD

delivered the opinion of the court as modified upon denial of petition for rehearing:

The plaintiff herein brought a declaratory judgment action seeking to declare the City of Geneva’s zoning ordinance unconstitutional as applied to her property. She further contended that the City Council’s action in denying her petition for rezoning of her property from R-3 Multiple-family Residential to B-l Business classification was voidable because five members of the City Council attended a meeting to hear objections to plaintiff’s petition in the absence of the plaintiff, in…