County of Lake v. Semmerling

Plaintiff, the County of Lake, filed suit in the circuit court of Lake County seeking, inter alia, a permanent mandatory injunction requiring defendant, James Semmerling, the Lake Villa Township road commissioner, to apply for and obtain a site-development permit pursuant to a Lake County ordinance for certain work to be done by defendant on various township roads located in unincorporated Lake County. Both parties moved for summary judgment, and the trial court denied plaintiff’s motion and granted defendant’s motion.

The sole issue on appeal is whether plaintiff can enforce its zoning…