WBGZ Radio 4/30/2021 |
By Doug Jenkins - WBGZ Radio
Court action over a planned housing development for the city of Alton has reached another resolution. The developer of the $10-million Sunnybrook project, Dr. Ed Hightower and his company, took the city to court a couple of years ago because it hasn’t issued a building permit. A circuit judge originally agreed and ordered the permit to be released, but an appeal to the 5
th District Court this week ruled the city was within its rights to not issue the permit.
But Alton’s Corporation Counselor Jim Schrempf tells The Big Z the city’s position may change.