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LaSalle resident urges clarity on chicken sales, nighttime industrial noise and Rotary Park plans
Summary
During public comment at the LaSalle City Council meeting, resident Dina Hicks urged enforcement and clarity on the chicken/egg ordinance, questioned why industrial noise limits do not drop at night and asked about a change in plans for Rotary Park.
Dina Hicks, a LaSalle resident, used the public-comment portion of the Jan. 20 LaSalle City Council meeting to call for clearer enforcement and explanations of several local ordinances and projects.
Hicks told the council, “I did find the ordinance. I read through it to see if there's anything about not being able to sell eggs,” saying she found no prohibition on selling eggs but did locate a requirement for permits. She also raised concerns about enforcement, saying ordinance violations should be handled by tickets rather than “throw[ing] out the ordinance.”
Hicks also criticized what she described as an inconsistency in the city's noise rules. She said she had reviewed a table of sound-pressure levels showing lower nighttime limits for residential and commercial zones but not for industrial zones and asked, “I don't understand why factories like Caris get to continue to make noise at the same level, day and night, which is higher than everything else.”
On a separate matter, Hicks asked the council about recent changes to plans for Rotary Park. She said she recalled earlier public materials showing a large baseball and softball complex with an amphitheater, and asked, “Where did this change from all these fields to Christmas lights? When did this ship come? And was this something that was approved?” She said she was unable to find the relevant minutes online and asked whether the switch had been formally approved.
Hicks also briefly remarked on city staffing, opening her comments by saying, “we're losing another officer,” and later noting a pattern of departures.
The council did not take immediate action on the items Hicks raised during the public-comment period. Several of her questions — about interpretation and enforcement of the chicken/duck ordinance, differences in industrial noise standards at night, and the Rotary Park project timeline and approvals — were presented as requests for follow-up rather than proposals for immediate votes.
Council members did not offer detailed responses to every question during the public-comment segment; the meeting proceeded to routine agenda items after public comment concluded.
The items Hicks raised — ordinance enforcement, noise limits for industrial property, and the status of the Rotary Park plan — may be placed on future agenda items or reviewed by staff per normal council procedure.
