Hoekstra v. City of Wheaton

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE RECHENMACHER

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Du Page County declaring the zoning ordinance of the City of Wheaton invalid as applied to the plaintiff’s property.

The property in question is a 5.5-acre parcel of land within the city limits, roughly rectangular in shape and containing 21 lots. It is bisected by a residential improved street (Cole Street). There are single-family residences to the north, east and southwest of the property. Wheaton North High School adjoins the property on the west, and Wheaton…