FAQs • City of Elmhurst • CivicEngage

My neighbor has a dead tree on his property and it looks like it may fall at anytime. Will the City take it down for my neighbor?: The City will not perform any tree maintenance on private property. Trees on private property are considered a civil matter and should be resolved between neighbors. If the tree is dead, however, then the City may have an arborist evaluate the tree to determine if it presents a safety hazard. If the tree is deemed to be dead, diseased, dangerous, or likely to fall, then the City Arborist & Code Enforcement may require the tree to be removed by the private property owner.

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Code Enforcement

1. My neighbor's landscape service blows grass clippings into the street. Is this okay?: Elmhurst Municipal Code 5.03 prohibits any person to throw, place or deposit grass clippings, leaves, rubbish or brush into any street or alley.

2. What is the earliest I can place trash for pick up at the curb?: Code requires that garbage may not be placed on the parkway 24 hours before scheduled pick up. Containers must be removed from parkway within 12 hours after pick up.

3. My neighbor has a dead tree on his property and it looks like it may fall at anytime. Will the City take it down for my neighbor?: The City will not perform any tree maintenance on private property. Trees on private property are considered a civil matter and should be resolved between neighbors. If the tree is dead, however, then the City may have an arborist evaluate the tree to determine if it presents a safety hazard. If the tree is deemed to be dead, diseased, dangerous, or likely to fall, then the City Arborist & Code Enforcement may require the tree to be removed by the private property owner.

4. Now that the weather is getting colder, when should my landlord turn the heat on and how should it be set?: According to Elmhurst Municipal Code, it is the duty of every person owning or controlling any apartment, office or store in the City, in which heat is furnished from a heating plant in common, to furnish heat to such rooms, apartments, offices and stores from September 15th of each year to June 15 of the succeeding year, so that the occupants have a minimum temperature in lodging of 68 degrees from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. and 65 degrees from 10:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. and in offices and stores, a minimum of 68 degrees from 8:00 a.m. until closing time and a minimum of 60 degrees from closing time in the evening until 8:00 a.m.

5. We'd like to have a garage sale. What do I need to know?: No permits are necessary, however, you are limited to only 2 garage sales per year. Please remove signs promptly after your sale is closed.

6. How long can I keep a POD by my house?: A limit of 2 PODS may be located on your property for a maximum of 7 days within a 30-day period.