People Ex Rel. Lind v. City of Rockford

The appellee, Neis Lind, being the owner of two lots at the corner of State street and Shaw street, in the city of Rockford, and desiring to build a gasoline filling station thereon, applied to the building inspector of the city of Rockford, pursuant to ordinances of that city, for a building permit. ITis application, plans and specifications complied fully with the building ordinances of the city of Rockford, but the permit was refused by the building inspector upon the sole ground that the premises described were not zoned under the zoning ordinances of the city for business uses but were…