Goeller v. City of Chicago

Defendant, City of Chicago, appeals from a Declaratory Judgment which ordered that its zoning ordinance as it applied to plaintiffs’ property be declared null and void and held that the plaintiffs could use the premises to construct an apartment building subject to the R4 provisions of the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, with five dwelling units and five parking places in accordance with plans introduced in the case.

The validity of the provisions of the City’s B4-1 classification is put in issue as applied to plaintiffs’ property:

“CHICAGO ZONING ORDINANCE—

“8.3-4 PERMITTED USES—B4-1 to B4-5…