La Salle National Bank v. City of Chicago

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ

delivered the opinion of the court:

The City of Chicago appeals from an order declaring that the existing zoning ordinance was unreasonable insofar as it operated to prohibit the use of plaintiff’s property for an automobile service station. Generally the City contends that the existing zoning classification as applied to the subject property was valid.

Plaintiff bank acquired title to the subject property as trustee. Both at the time of purchase and at the time of trial the property was vacant and unimproved. In spite of the fact that the beneficial owners of the…