Lancer Industries, Inc. v. City of Aurora

Mr. JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The trial court found the defendant’s zoning ordinance invalid as applied to the plaintiff’s property and directed the defendant to issue plaintiff a building permit. The defendant raises a number of issues for review but, because of our holding, we consider only whether the trial court as trier of fact committed reversible error by considering its personal view of the subject property as part of the evidence.

At the close of all the evidence, plaintiff requested that the case be continued to allow the trial court to view the…