People v. The Village of Hawthorn Woods

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Ordinances
Citation
Case Number: 
2012 IL App (2d) 110192
Decision Date: 
Thursday, March 8, 2012
District: 
2d Dist.
Division/County: 
Lake Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
BOWMAN
Village ordinances forcibly annexed land adjacent to Village. Company, which had leased portion of property for wireless tower, alleged ordinances invalid because they improperly used as boundary water feature that was not a "creek". Court properly found evidence showed that water feature was man-made and thus not a creek, and thus ordinances using centerline of water feature as boundary were void. (JORGENSEN and SCHOSTOK, concurring.)