King v. De Kalb County Planning Department

State: Illinois

Court: 2nd District Appellate

Docket No: 2-08-0837 Rel

Case Date: 09/28/2009

Preview:No. 2--08--0837 Filed: 9-28-09 ______________________________________________________________________________ IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS SECOND DISTRICT ______________________________________________________________________________ JAMES KING, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court of De Kalb ) County. Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) v. ) No. 07--MR--138 ) THE De KALB COUNTY PLANNING ) DEPARTMENT, PAUL MILLER, as De Kalb ) County Planning Director, and RONALD G. ) KLEIN, as De Kalb County Hearing Officer, ) Honorable ) Kurt P. Klein, Defendants-Appellants. ) Judge, Presiding. ______________________________________________________________________________ JUSTICE JORGENSEN delivered the opinion of the court: In 2007, Paul Miller, the De Kalb County planning director and zoning administrator, denied plaintiff James King's application for a building permit for a farm residence on his 53-acre agricultural property. Ronald G. Klein, the De Kalb County hearing officer, affirmed the denial of the permit. On administrative review, the trial court reversed the hearing officer's decision. Defendants, the De Kalb County Planning Department, Miller, and Klein, appeal. We affirm the trial court's order reversing the agency's decision. I. BACKGROUND In 1999, Robert and Cynthia Hegerman owned a 63-acre parcel of farmland that included a residence. That year, pursuant to De Kalb County Zoning Ordinance section 4.02(D)(2), the Hegermans split their farmland into two parcels: (1) a 10.0095-acre parcel that included the residence; and (2) a 53.1805-acre parcel. De Kalb County Zoning Ordinance app. A

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