Hope Deliverance Center, Inc. v. ZONING BD. OF APPEALS, CITY OF CHICAGO

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court reversing the decision of defendant Zoning Board of Appeals of the city of Chicago (Zoning Board) denying the application of plaintiff Hope Deliverance Center, Inc., for a special use. The issue presented is whether the denial of a special use was against the manifest weight of the evidence produced at the hearing before the Zoning Board, particularly, whether plaintiff established: (1) that a church is necessary for the public convenience at that location; (2) that the proposed use is designed, located and proposed to be operated to protect…