Willsey v. County of Winnebago

Plaintiff, Lester E. Willsey, appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of Winnebago County which denied his complaint for declaratory judgment and permanent injunction whereby he sought to declare a zoning ordinance of Winnebago County unconstitutional as applied to his property.

The zoning ordinance at issue restricted his property to R-l usage (residential). On appeal, plaintiff urges that the judgment of the trial court was against the manifest weight of the evidence.

The controversy here focuses on plaintiff’s desire to utilize a portion of his 6.9-acre premises for the storage of…