Coney v. County of Du Page

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE RECHENMACHER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the trial court upholding the validity of the Du Page County Zoning Ordinance as applied to his property.

The plaintiff owns a commercial building which he erected in 1973 on the south side of Ogden Avenue, approximately one-half mile east of the city limits of the City of Naperville. After completing the building the plaintiff began to use it as an automobile body repair shop. Under the County Zoning Ordinance an automobile body repair shop is a B-4 use, whereas the plaintiff’s…