This handbook is a staple guide to land use law for attorneys who practice in land use, municipal, or construction law. Special attention is paid to the land use process and land use applications and agreements; zoning controls; governmental financing of development; variations, special uses, and appeals; judicial review; and litigation of a zoning case. Forms include sample complaints for zoning litigation, sample annexation agreement language, and more.
General Editor: Ronald S. Cope, Schain, Banks, Kenny & Schwartz Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 1 — Land Use Process: Governmental Bodies and Jurisdiction
John M. O’Driscoll and James J. Hess, Jr., Tressler LLP, Chicago,
Chapter 2 — Zoning Controls — Regulating Land Use
James V. Ferolo, Jason A. Guisinger, Michael A. Marrs, Michael T. Jurusik, and Scott F. Uhler, Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 3 — Land Use Agreements
Caitlin Frenzer, James J. Hess, Jr., John M. O’Driscoll, Andrew S. Paine, and Erik R. Peck, Tressler LLP, Chicago
Chapter 4 — Processing a Land Use Application from Submission to Administrative or Legislative Decision
Elizabeth L. Butler and Karl D. Camillucci, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Processing a Land Use Application in the City of Chicago
Scott R. Borstein, Neal & Leroy, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Governmental Financing of Development
George F. Mahoney III and David J. Silverman, Mahoney, Silverman & Cross, LLC, Joliet, and Gregory T. Smith, Elrod Friedman LLP, Chicago, and Michael T. Jurusik, Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 7 — Variations, Special Uses, and Appeals from Administrative Decisions
M. Neal Smith, Jr., Robbins Schwartz, Lisle
Chapter 8 — Judicial Review
Ronald S. Cope, Schain, Banks, Kenny & Schwartz Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 9 — Litigation of a Zoning Case
Ronald S. Cope, Schain, Banks, Kenny & Schwartz Ltd., Chicago
