Judge overrules city denial of Southeast Side metal-shredder’s permit to operate

A protester demands City Hall deny a permit to allow General Iron to relocate from Lincoln Park to the Southeast Side. Last year, former Mayor Lori Lightfoot blocked the business from opening. (Pat Nabong / Sun-Times file)

The owner of a Southeast Side car-shredding operation should have received a city permit to operate last year, an administrative judge ruled Thursday. 

Administrative Judge Mitchell Ex made his ruling through a written order, reversing a decision by the city, after hearing appeals over the last year from lawyers for the business, Southside Recycling, formerly known as General Iron.