A Mount Prospect animal feed manufacturer that has drawn odor complaints from neighbors and business owners moved Thursday to block an attempt by the village to shut down its plant until the problem is resolved.
A Cook County judge is giving a Mount Prospect business until Sept. 6 to formally respond to the village s legal effort to shut down its operation until it can eliminate odors that have sparked complaints from its neighbors.
Mount Prospect is taking steps to close down an animal feed production operation until it can control the odors that have upset neighbors for four years.
Something s in the air in the suburbs and residents are crying foul. Residents in communities including Mount Prospect, Des Plaines and St. Charles are up in arms about odors wafting from nearby food producers into their neighborhoods.
Silos at Prestige Feed in Mount Prospect's Kensington Business Center. (Photo submitted) A Mount Prospect company is suing the village claiming that if the company’s business license is revoked due to certain odors violating village code, they would lose millions of dollars. A tolling agreement was entered March 30, 2021 between the village and Prestige