Szeliga v. City of Des Plaines

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS

delivered the opinion of the court:

This action commenced as a suit to enjoin the enforcement against plaintiff’s property of the minimum frontage and area requirements of the City of Des Plaines zoning ordinance. Plaintiff’s complaint alleged that, as applied to his property, the restrictions constituted an unconstitutional deprivation of property without due process of law. Defendant denied the gravamen of the complaint and raised as an affirmative defense the failure of plaintiff to comply with the procedural requirements of the Administrative Review Act. * The…