Leichner v. City of Champaign

The record before us amply and substantially demonstrates that the zoning imposed in this case is arbitrary and unreasonable. The area of Neil Street concerned is accurately albeit perhaps inadvertently characterized as a “corridor” in a “policy report” prepared by the City Plan Commission.

Neil Street has long been a principal commercial and industrial thoroughfare in Champaign. When purchased, plaintiffs’ property was just within the northern city limit, separated from business and industry by some six blocks of residence property. The pavement there merged into a country road at the city…