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Neighbor divided as Henning seeks to locate chicken coop 3 feet from side lot line
Summary
Ed Henning asked to reduce the required 25-foot interior side setback for a chicken coop to about 3 feet; some neighbors said it posed minimal nuisance while another raised concerns about wild animals and avian flu risk. The officer will render a recommendation Aug. 20.
Ed Hennig asked the DuPage County zoning hearing July 16 for a variance to reduce the interior side setback for a chicken coop from the required 25 feet to approximately 3 feet on a 1.07-acre lot abutting DuPage County Forest Preserve land.
Hennig said placing the coop on the west side of the property, adjacent to the forest preserve, reduced potential impacts to neighbors to the north and east because there…
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