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- Title: Reilly v. the City of Chicago
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 23, 1962
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
Description
The city of Chicago appeals from a declaratory judgment of the circuit court of Cook County holding the city's zoning ordinance void as it applies to plaintiff's property. The first question is whether plaintiff is entitled to seek judicial intervention without having sought relief at the local level. The present zoning ordinance does not provide for use variations but permits amendments. Plaintiff contends that he therefore has no administrative remedy to pursue and that under the cases he was not obligated to first seek relief through a legislative amendment. This argument appears to be predicated upon a misinterpretation of the language and intent of Bright v. City of Evanston, 10 Ill.2d 178. The term ""administrative remedy"" used in Bright was descriptive of the local relief permitted by the ordinance there under consideration and is not intended to restrict the remedy to administrative procedure where another form of relief is more appropriate and is available.