Legal Opinion
Village of Gurnee v. Miller
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 18, 1966No. Gen. 65-110PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE MORAN
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendant operates an automobile junkyard in the Village of Gurnee in Lake County. It is stipulated that his operation consists of dismantling wrecked motor vehicles and burning the dismantled bodies causing the emission of black smoke, among other things.
On April 7, 1958, the village adopted a comprehensive zoning ordinance classifying the defendant’s property partially for residential and partially for business uses. The ordinance contains a so-called amortization provision which requires junkyards to be terminated as a land…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jans v. City of EvanstonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1964
- Village of Oak Park v. GordonIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
3Cited by14 opinions
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- Sullivan v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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