HAWKINS v. FAR SOUTH CDC, INC.

No. 1-12-1707.

1 N.E.3d 1216 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 121707

377 Ill. Dec. 329

Raymond E. HAWKINS, Individually and as a Representative of All Owners of Record in Special Services Area 45, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FAR SOUTH CDC, INC., The City of Chicago, Maria Pappas, in Her Capacity as Cook County Treasurer, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

November 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of John S. Xydakis, P.C., Forest Park ( John S. Xydakis , of counsel), for appellant.

Stephen R. Patton , Corporation Counsel, Chicago ( Benna Ruth Solomon , Myriam Zreczny Kasper , J. Mark Powell , Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellees.


OPINION

Presiding Justice QUINN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 The question before this court on appeal is whether a challenge to an ordinance creating a special service area (SSA) under article 27 of the Property Tax Code (Code) (35 ILCS 200/art. 27 (West 2010)) must be brought pursuant to the provisions of the Code. The circuit court in this case held that it must and dismissed plaintiff Raymond Hawkins' first amended class...

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