Schmitt v. Village of Skokie

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment upholding the validity of defendant Village’s zoning ordinance as it applies to the subject property and denying plaintiffs’ prayer for relief that the property be used as a site for a multiple dwelling development.

Plaintiffs in this action are Anthony and Dorothy Schmitt, the present owners of the property, and Katz-Weiss Construction Corporation which has contracted to purchase the property subject to the condition that it be rezoned to permit the construction of a multiple dwelling unit.

On appeal plaintiffs contend that the court’s decision was against the…