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Electronic sign law approved; each case requires public hearing
Neighbors in opposition pledge to continue the fight By Dan McLeister For The Elmhurst Independent
ICGS holds ‘Knight’ Night Bedtime Drive
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To commemorate IC Grade School’s first night football game at Plunkett Athletic Complex, the ICGS Football Program collected night-time donations for the IC Food Pantry, IC P.A.D.S. and Catholic Charities. Pictured are the ICGS’s 8th grade football players with night-time donations they collected during the ‘Knight’ Night Bedtime Drive on Saturday, October 3. Donations came from IC’s Junior Varsity and Varsity football players, parents and friends. Almost ten bins of blankets, pajamas, toothpaste and toothbrushes were collected.
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The City Council approved an electronic sign ordinance, the final step in a process about residential neighborhoods. The vote included ten votes to approve the ordinance and three “no” votes from Scott Levin (5th Ward), Marti Deuter (1st Ward) and Michael Bram (3rd Ward). Michael Honquest (6th Ward) did not attend the meeting. But it contains a conditional use provision, which says that each applicant must go through a public hearing and make a case for why the electronic sign should be allowed and why it will not have a negative impact on a residential area. At an October 5th meeting, neighbors who oppose electronic signs said they will continue their opposition at each public hearing because they want to maintain the residential character of neighborhoods. William Kling, who lives in the 100 block of S. Kenilworth, called the City process “procedural chicanery,” and that it was “unconscionable.” Any electronic sign will have a negative impact on residential neighborhoods, he said about his strong
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