For those who have inquired about the resolution of the Church’s Chicken hearing, Alderman Schoemehl has reported to us the following. The protest group appeared before the five-member Board of Adjustment to present their case for denying a permit to Church’s. Four votes are needed to overturn the decision of the Building Commissioner. There were three votes against Church’s; there is one vacancy on the Board; one member voted for Church’s. The basis of that crucial vote was the opinion of the City Counsellor’s Office that such a ruling against Church’s would be indefensible in Circuit Court if and when Church’s appealled. As the opinion was “legally questionable,” the Board of Adjustment’s vote was to allow Church’s to remain.
Originally published in The Paper, June 1977.
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Archival transcription note: Printed appealled retained.
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