North State, Astor, Lake Shore Drive Ass'n v. City of Chicago

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a suit to declare invalid an ordinance of the City of Chicago rezoning certain property from an R-7 to an R-8 classification on the ground that no public hearing was held prior to the adoption of the ordinance. R-8 zoning permits the erection of a building of substantially greater bulk, floor area and occupancy than that permitted under R-7 zoning. The plaintiffs are residents and property owners in the immediate vicinity of the property and the North State, Astor, Lake Shore Drive Association, a not-for -profit…