People Ex Rel. Pullman Bank & Trust Co. v. Fitzgerald

This mandamus proceeding was brought in the Circuit Court of Cook County to compel issuance of building permits for construction of an automobile service station on the southeast corner of Division and Wells Streets in Chicago, Illinois. The site had been zoned Cl — 4, and a service station was a proper use under that classification. However, the site has been designated for residential uses by the Chicago-Orleans Slum and Blighted Area Redemption Project, an urban renewal plan enacted by the city of Chicago, and no building permits were issued.

The trial court granted a writ of mandamus…