Kluse v. City of Calumet City

This is an appeal from the decision of the circuit court of Cook County, which denied plaintiffs’ complaint for declaratory judgment. Plaintiffs, owners of vacant realty, zoned single-family residential, sought a declaration that the zoning ordinance of the City of Calumet City was unconstitutional and void in its application to their property. Plaintiffs also sought an order that the Building Commissioner of the City of Calumet City be directed to issue a building and occupancy permit for the erection of a six-flat apartment building.

The subject property is located on the northwest comer of…