Fairfield Savings & Loan Ass'n v. City of Chicago

This is a declaratory judgment action brought by Fairfield Savings and Loan Association (hereinafter referred to as Fairfield) as nominee of the other plaintiffs seeking a declaration of plaintiff’s right to develop a certain plot of land as proposed. Plaintiff’s proposal consisted of a combination residential-business land use which was not in conformity with the existing R4, General Residence District, zoning classification of the subject property. After a trial, the trial court issued an order declaring that the R4 zoning classification was void as applied to the subject property and that…