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Raintree Homes, Inc. v. Village of Long Grove

Case Date: 11/22/2002
Court: 2nd District Appellate
Docket No: 2-01-1292 Rel

No. 2--01--1292
|IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

SECOND DISTRICT

RAINTREE HOMES, INC., and
RAINTREE BUILDERS, INC., 

          Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v.

THE VILLAGE OF LONG GROVE,

          Defendant-Appellee.

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No. 98--MR--148

Honorable
John R. Goshgarian,
Judge, Presiding.


JUSTICE GEIGER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, Raintree Homes, Inc., and Raintree Builders,Inc., filed a complaint against the defendant, the Village of LongGrove, challenging the constitutionality of the impact fees thedefendant had charged them for the issuance of building permits. The plaintiffs appeal from the August 22, 2000, October 11, 2001,and November 8, 2001, orders of the circuit court of Lake Countystriking certain portions of their complaint, dismissing theircomplaint, and denying their motion to reconsider, respectively. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The present controversy concerns section 4--1--4 of thedefendant's village code (Long Grove Village Code