No city in Champaign County may ban or restrict dogs by breed. Illinois law (510 ILCS 5/24) preempts breed-specific ordinances statewide, so pit bulls and every other breed are legal. Dogs are regulated only for individual dangerous behavior.
Contrary to a common assumption, Illinois does not permit breed-specific legislation. The state Animal Control Act, 510 ILCS 5/24, lets a municipality or county regulate dogs only so long as no regulation, policy, or ordinance is specific to breed, which bars Champaign, Urbana, Rantoul, and Champaign County alike from banning pit bulls, Rottweilers, or any breed. Enforcement is behavior-based: under the Animal Control Act a specific dog can be declared dangerous or vicious after actual conduct such as an unprovoked bite, then subjected to leashing, muzzling, or confinement. Private landlords and insurers may still impose their own breed conditions by contract, which is separate from any government ban.
A breed-specific local ordinance is preempted and unenforceable under Illinois law. An individual dog is restricted only through a dangerous- or vicious-dog determination based on its own behavior, not its breed.
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