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Elmhurst council approves new window-well limits, directs excavation standards review
Summary
The Elmhurst City Council unanimously approved a development planning and zoning committee recommendation to add new limits on window wells in side-yard setbacks and directed staff to draft excavation standards and related building-code language.
The Elmhurst City Council on Feb. 3 unanimously approved a Development Planning and Zoning (DPZ) committee recommendation to add new rules for window wells and side-yard excavation standards to the city’s zoning ordinance and asked staff and the city attorney to prepare implementing language.
The move codifies DPZ recommendations that any window well or stoop located within a side-yard setback be at least 3 feet from the property line and that no more than two window wells be allowed per side. Council members also approved proposed building-code changes that would clarify construction requirements for window wells located in flood-inundation areas. The council directed the city attorney to…
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