Vasilopoulos v. Zoning Board of Appeals

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County affirming two decisions of the Zoning Board of Appeals, denying special use and variation applications submitted by Dean Vasilopoulos, the plaintiff. The sole issue raised is whether the Board’s decision is against the manifest weight of the evidence.

The facts indicate thát Dean Vasilopoulos, a restaurateur whose family is the owner of the beneficial interest in the subject property, filed two applications, one for a special use for the subject property as a parking lot, and the other for a variation from the front yard…