People Ex Rel. Trebat v. City of Park Ridge

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE LYONS

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in favor of defendant in an action for (1) a writ of mandamus to compel the City of Park Ridge to issue a building restaurant remodeling permit and (2) for a declaratory judgment that the premises in question are improperly zoned “A” Residential.

On November 13, 1953, the Park Ridge City Council, by ordinance, involuntarily annexed a parcel, which included the property involved. At the time there existed a provision in the Park Ridge City Zoning Ordinance, chapter 252-2, which provided that…