The "animals would be sad" because their homes would be destroyed, a girl said.
A split council approves the change after nearly an hour's debate.
An alderman suggested a long-term strategy for dealing with the decks.
Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia plans to speak about "key issues" in his district, according to his office.
The city is looking at ways to pay for rebuilding its police station, now estimated to cost $48 million.
A city committee voted 2-1 to keep a neighborhood's lower limit. The dissenter called for consistency.
Few in the candidate's party get such backing. He served in the state House before.
The state has fixed multiple sections of a sound wall along I-290, an alderman said.
A jury sided with Elmhurst. On appeal, the city settled for $5,000.
The latest estimate is millions higher than the one given in January. The project keeps getting delayed.
The new station would be open around the clock, according to its proposal.
One said allowing granny flats is a ploy to bring in low-income housing.
Unlike with hoop houses, no movement development to support chicken-keeping.
Three Elmhurst aldermen are proposing to give the city enough time to go out for competitive bids.
Two aldermen cited an incident at a house that drew the police. They said that prompted questions.
The city says the work is on schedule, but a resident wonders why no work has been done for weeks.
This is the second such complaint about an excavation in the last month.
Changes would need the cooperation of Addison Township, an official said.
The committee said it looked at the merits and potential nuisances of chickens.
One official, though, said he was concerned about making a special exception.
But the pending teardown sparked a local movement for historical preservation.
A lawyer says a truck stop is being planned at Route 83 and North. The owner disagrees.
A City Council committee is poised to recommend keeping the chicken ban in place.
The mayor revealed how much the city paid a woman to settle a 3-year-old lawsuit.
The city is looking at selling the land to a developer, but neighbors oppose such a move.
The costs have gone up a lot in recent years, above the inflation rate.
Aldermen took a final vote for having the city pay a bigger portion of new sidewalks.
A jury found for the city, but the woman appealed. Faced with a lesser demand, the city settled, Mayor Scott Levin said.
This comes after residents campaigned against the planned demolition of a nearly century-old house.
The City Council is poised to settle the litigation next week.
Residents say they are against raising the limit. A panel is reconsidering the idea.
A resident says she must pay $8,000 to remove an elm tree that she contends was imperiled by a neighbor's excavation.
An Elmhurst alderwoman gives to a colleague's opponent in the local state House race
City crews are cleaning up damage from Monday evening's storm.
More than 100 people attended a prayer event outside City Hall, organizers said.
Such homes would help address the local "affordable housing crisis," a resident said.
It's "totally false" to say residents on the street don't have interest in sidewalks on the street, a man told the City Council.
An alderman called the old policy a failure that no one in good conscience should support.
Such a program would support early spring pollinators and other insect populations, aldermen said.
The city is considering paying a greater share of the costs of new sidewalks.