City In Review: Chicago

Montclare · 2025-05

Montclare permit count doubles, sign work leads

Montclare issued 16 permits in May, double April's eight. Sign permits accounted for a dozen of those, with total permitted work valued at $113k. Service requests climbed 23% to 432, led by 49 tree-trim calls (a category the city no longer accepts) and 43 abandoned-vehicle complaints. Violent crime rose from 12 incidents to 17. No new businesses opened and no restaurants failed health inspections.

By the numbers

Building permits16
Declared construction value$112,856
New business licenses6
Business closings (proxy)0
311 service requests432
Reported crimes59
Violent crimes17
Failed food inspections0

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