This handbook covers the nuts and bolts of land use law, useful to 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.
Chapter 1 — Land Use Process: Governmental Bodies and Jurisdiction
John M. O’Driscoll, James J. Hess, Jr., and Christine A. Walczak, Tressler LLP, Bolingbrook & 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 & Jenkins, Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 3 — Land Use Agreements
James J. Hess, Jr., John M. O’Driscoll, Andrew S. Paine, Erik R. Peck, and John J. Zimmermann, Tressler LLP, Chicago, and Jeffrey M. Stein, Village of Wilmette, Wilmette
Chapter 4 — Processing a Land Use Application from Submission to Administrative or Legislative Decision
Mariah F. DiGrino, DLA Piper LLP (US), Chicago, and Elizabeth L. Butler, Elrod Friedman LLP, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Processing a Land Use Application in the City of Chicago
Joseph P. Gattuso and Jack Guthman, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, and Scott R. Borstein, Neal & Leroy, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Governmental Financing of Development
George F. Mahoney, III, David J. Silverman, and Marron A. Mahoney, Mahoney, Silverman & Cross, LLC, Joliet, and Patrick A. Lucansky, Thomas P. Bayer, Michael T. Jurusik, and Gregory T. Smith, Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 7 — Variations, Special Uses, and Appeals from Administrative Decisions
Kathleen Elliott and M. Neal Smith, Robbins Schwartz, Bolingbrook
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, and Jamie A. Robinson, Burke Warren MacKay & Serritella, Chicago
