Legal Opinion
Dingeman Advertising, Inc. v. Village of Mt. Zion
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 29, 1987No. 4-86-0874PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lund
Mt. Zion is an attractive village of approximately 4,600 people nestled in a valley area a few miles southeast of Decatur. The village is traversed by Illinois State Route 121, a Federal-aid primary highway, and adjoining this road in Mt. Zion are certain commercially zoned areas. Plaintiff, Dingeman Advertising, Inc. (Dingeman), obtained a lease in the commercial area along Route 121 and applied for a permit to erect an off-premises advertising sign which would consist of a two-sided structure with each side containing 300 square feet. A village ordinance prohibited all signs larger than 150…
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