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Eleven of the 12 Elmhurst aldermen present voted to deny the request for a conditional use to allow building height above the 77 feet allowed by right in the city’s central core.

UpdatedWed, Feb 17, 2021 at 7:43 am CT Reply Elmhurst, which banned a couple from having a hoop house, is now considering loosening its rules on tent-like structures. (Shutterstock) ELMHURST, IL — Elmhurst is reopening the long-running local debate over its ban on structures such as hoop houses. In February 2019, the mayor broke a tie in favor of barring hoop houses, which are plastic-covered, 6-foot-high structures used as greenhouses. Subscribe In 2015, a dispute began when Dan and Nicole ...