By: Derek Hawkins//October 5, 2015//
Civil
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Officials: POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Constitutionality of City Ordinance
No. 14-3678 Discount Inn, Inc. v. City of Chicago
Difficulty in complying with city ordinance not grounds to deem ordinance unconstitutional.
“We do worry that compliance with the weed ordinance may be difficult. We are not reassured by the City’s statement that a property owner “can use a ruler to determine whether a plant is more or less than ten inches tall and can likewise use simple arithmetic to determine the average height of the plants on his property.” What if there are a thousand plants, and therefore a thousand measurements to be made and the results then averaged? But difficulty of compliance is not a persuasive ground for deeming the ordinance unconstitutional.”
Affirmed