Locker v. City of McHenry

The defendant, the City of McHenry, appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of McHenry County that held that the Amending Zoning Ordinance of the city was void as applied to the plaintiff’s property and further declaring that the property could lawfully be used for an automobile service station.

The property in question is a single parcel of approximately 28,000 square feet located on the southwest corner of Elm and Third Streets in the business section of the City of McHenry. The plaintiffs, Lockers, entered into a lease with the then owners of the property, the Scholles, in 1956 with an…