Moran v. Zoning Board of Appeals

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Cook County affirming an administrative decision of the Chicago zoning board of appeals which, after finding the evidence established the public convenience would be served, construed the city’s zoning ordinance to permit, as a special use, the construction of a parking lot to serve a savings and loan association in an area zoned for duplex residences. Appeal had been taken to the board by the savings and loan association from a refusal of the commissioner of buildings to issue a permit for such a construction.

Appellants, four of whom…