O'LAUGHLIN v. City of Chicago

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DOWNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Michael O’Laughlin, purchased (in April, 1973) a 50 x 154 1 parcel of land in the City of Chicago, located in the R-3 general residence district under the city zoning ordinance. At the time of purchase the lot had only one dwelling and garage which plaintiff razed in order to construct two two-story brick duplexes. The defendants, City of Chicago by its building commissioner, issued two building permits for this construction, but revoked them 11 days later after discovering the lots did not meet the minimum lot size…