LINCOLN PARK — Chicago restaurants could soon have the option to allow dogs indoors under a new ordinance that will be pitched to the City Council this week.

Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) is introducing an ordinance that would let restaurant owners choose to allow dogs inside their businesses. Knudsen said the idea is aimed at giving small businesses more flexibility and dog owners more freedom to stop in a coffee shop or restaurant while on a walk with their four-legged friends.

The measure, which goes before City Council on Thursday, would overhaul city code that currently bans dogs from retail food establishments, except for service animals. Restaurants that want to participate could register as “dog-friendly” businesses by posting signs at their entrances and following a set of health an

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