Hinsdale Pushed On Baby-Changing Stations

HINSDALE, IL – A man this week asked that Hinsdale consider requiring places such as medical office buildings to have baby diaper-changing stations in restrooms.

At Tuesday's Village Board meeting, area resident Kyle Comstock said the medical office building at 911 N. Elm St. has no baby-changing stations, even though a pediatrician's office is inside.

He said he approached the building manager about the issue, but nothing has happened.

"It seems reasonable to have a piece of plastic with a hinge that goes down if we're able to do other things like gender-neutral bathrooms, which I don't have a problem with, but that's far more complicated than a piece of plastic," Comstock said.

He said such a requirement would make buildings more accessible to families.

Trustee Luke Stifflear said it would be tough for the village to require an existing business to have baby-changing stations. But he said the village could require any business coming in for a zoning request to install them.

"I agree with you 100 percent," Stifflear told Comstock.

He said there would be "force in numbers" pressuring the medical office building to install baby-changing stations.

Village President Tom Cauley said the village could look into the issue.

Illinois law requires baby-changing stations in restaurant restrooms.