Bolingbrook, IL

Bolingbrook's vacant and foreclosed property registry ordinance, Code of Ordinances § 26-87(d), lists artificial turf as acceptable yard ground cover for registered vacant or…

Removing or relocating any tree six inches or more in trunk diameter (a 19-inch circumference) anywhere in Bolingbrook, on public or private property, requires a permit under Code Sec…

Utilities other than the electric utility must obtain a village permit before trimming trees or controlling vegetation in Bolingbrook's public rights-of-way under Code § 10-356. Poor…

Bolingbrook bans grass, weeds and most plants over six inches tall anywhere in the village, including the parkway strip between the curb and the sidewalk. Fines escalate from $100 for…

Unincorporated Will County's zoning code treats native plants as an approved way to meet mandatory landscaping. Section 155-12.90(A) lets developers cover required landscape areas with…

Unincorporated Will County allows home composting of yard and food waste as an accessory use, but caps pile size and sets strict setbacks.

Unincorporated Will County zoning lets homeowners install rain barrels up to 5 feet tall inside required street, side and rear setbacks without a variance, and the landscape code…

Bolingbrook requires owners to keep dogs and cats from running at large at all times. A pet found loose on a street, sidewalk or public place without a secure leash and without the…

Bolingbrook outlaws keeping any predatory mammal or bird, any dangerous animal such as a big cat, bear, wolf or venomous reptile, or any state-protected wild bird or fur-bearing…

Bolingbrook bans keeping chickens, goats, pigeons, geese, turkeys, mules, donkeys, sheep, cattle, swine or other farm fowl on residential property. Horses, mules, donkeys, cattle…

Bolingbrook caps residential households at three dogs or three cats, or any combination adding up to three, under section 8-40. A litter of puppies or kittens gets a 120-day grace…

Bolingbrook does not ban dogs by breed; section 8-62 expressly bars classifying a vicious dog by breed. Instead, a dog is individually declared vicious or dangerous after a court…

Bolingbrook does not require spay or neuter for pets generally, but an owner whose dog is declared vicious must prove it has been neutered and microchipped within 15 days at the…

Bolingbrook prohibits ground feeding wildlife such as geese, deer, raccoons and coyotes, or scattering table scraps and seed outdoors, in any residential zoning district. Elevated bird…

In unincorporated Will County, veterinary clinics and animal care/boarding facilities in agricultural and estate districts need a special use permit and must sit at least 250 feet from…

Unincorporated Will County requires a special use permit before running an exotic or wildlife rehabilitation facility or sanctuary.

Will County classifies pet grooming shops, dog bathing and clipping salons, and pet stores as an "animal sales/grooming" use under Code § 155-8.40(B)(2). The use needs special use…

Will County's animal-control ordinance bars letting any domestic or companion animal run uncontrolled countywide, but § 90.14 carves out feral cats from that at-large prohibition…

Will County requires any dog or cat placed under bite-observation quarantine to be microchipped at the first veterinary exam, with the chip number reported to Animal Protection…

Will County allows backyard beehives by right in most unincorporated residential districts, capping density at two hives per acre on 22,000-square-foot minimum lots, but bans…

Bolingbrook bars, nightclubs and eating establishments approved for live or recorded music must keep amplified sound inaudible across property lines after 11:00 p.m. Outdoor live…

Bolingbrook makes it unlawful to keep an animal that disturbs the peace by barking or howling at any time of day or night. Owners also cannot let a pet harass people or vehicles by…

Bolingbrook bars outdoor construction equipment and tools from running between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday, and until 8:00 a.m. on Sundays and village holidays…

Bolingbrook caps industrial noise with octave-band decibel tables measured at the lot line, dropping five decibels across residential boundaries between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. The…

Unincorporated Will County bans electronically amplified sound, including car stereos, audible 75 feet beyond a residential property line, and treats vehicle or engine noise the same…

Unincorporated Will County bars amplified and mechanical noise audible 75 feet off-property between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. in residential districts and adjacent business districts.

Aircraft noise in Illinois is governed exclusively by federal aviation law, leaving cities and the state without authority to regulate flight operations or in-flight sound.

Bolingbrook Code § 50-42 lists 16 places where parking is banned, including on sidewalks, in front of driveways, within intersections, and within 15 feet of a fire hydrant. Fines run…

Bolingbrook Code § 50-38 bans parking on any public street, parkway, or public place during a snow removal operation once accumulation exceeds two inches, and the ban stays in force…

Bolingbrook Code § 50-43 bans parking on any street, parkway, alley, or public place between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. without prior police department notice and approval. A variance can…

Bolingbrook Code § 50-44(c) bars trucks, buses, and trailers over 9 feet tall, 20 feet long, or 8,000 pounds from parking anywhere in a residential district. Section 50-44(e) restricts…

Bolingbrook Code § 50-44(a) bans storing trailers, campers, boats, and buses in any front, side, or rear yard or on grass in a residential district, except on a driveway. Section…

Bolingbrook bans keeping an unlicensed or junk vehicle on any private or public property for more than five days unless it is fully enclosed in a building or stored lawfully at a…

Bolingbrook requires every driveway serving a garage to be paved in concrete, asphalt or paving brick, bans unpaved surfaces, and caps driveway width at 24 feet along the street…

Unincorporated Will County allows private EV charging stations for apartment and condo renters as an accessory use in every zoning district, and lets those stalls count toward the…

When a Will County Sheriff's deputy impounds your vehicle, the county charges a $350 administrative fee on top of the tow and storage bill, must mail you a hearing notice within ten…

Will County Code § 74.07 bars overstaying marked passenger loading zones and caps curbside waiting near hospitals, hotels and public buildings at 75 feet, while § 74.10 reserves posted…

Any Bolingbrook retaining wall over four feet must be designed by a structural engineer licensed in Illinois, and any wall between two and four feet needs a permit from the village…

Bolingbrook bans fences built with electrically charged wire, barbed wire, spikes, glass, or sharp material designed to injure, plus barbed chain link and most snow fencing. The…

No fence or wall may be built, erected, or replaced anywhere in Bolingbrook without a building permit first. If an HOA covenant covers the lot, the permit application must include a…

Bolingbrook caps residential fences at six feet generally, but front-yard fences must be decorative and no taller than three feet. Corner-side fences over three feet need a ten-foot…

Under the Illinois Fence Act (765 ILCS 130/3), adjoining landowners must each build and maintain a just proportion of the division fence between their properties. A legal fence stands…

Bolingbrook permits home occupations in any dwelling unit as a use customarily incidental and subordinate to residential use, but Sec. 54-307 layers on ten specific limitations…

Bolingbrook bars home occupations from generating wholesale or retail transactions on-site and from congesting village streets, effectively limiting how much customer or client traffic…

Bolingbrook bans any sign advertising a home occupation. Sec. 54-307(2) of the zoning code flatly prohibits signage on the premises for a home-based business, going further than most…

Bolingbrook's zoning code categorically prohibits nursery schools and day care centers as home occupations. Sec. 54-309(3) places them on the same banned list as funeral homes and…

Unincorporated Will County requires anyone running a cottage food operation to register annually with the Will County Health Department and pay a $25 fee, rather than obtain a full…

A single-family lot in Bolingbrook may have one storage shed up to 12 feet tall and 200 square feet, and multi-family lots are capped at 100 square feet per unit. A building permit is…

Will County requires the property owner to live in either the main house or the accessory dwelling unit at least six months a year, on unincorporated land only.

Unincorporated Will County allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot with detached houses, capped at 650 square feet or 49% of the main home's floor area.

Building, installing, altering or enlarging any private swimming pool or hot tub in Bolingbrook requires a building permit first. Pools are also banned from front and street-side yards…

Unincorporated Will County requires every accessory swimming pool to have a perimeter barrier at least five feet high, per the zoning code's swimming pool regulations: separate from…

Bolingbrook allows recreational fires in a portable outdoor fireplace only if it uses a screen and lid or a chimney, sits at least ten feet from any structure, tree, vehicle or…

Renovations, repairs and reconstruction of single-family homes, duplexes and townhouses in unincorporated Will County must upgrade smoke detectors to meet IRC R314, per the county's…

Possessing, igniting, or discharging display or consumer fireworks in unincorporated Will County without a county permit is declared a public nuisance and a code violation. The…

Will County bars burning waste materials without a state or Illinois EPA permit, requires all outdoor fires to sit at least 50 feet from neighboring structures, and caps recreation…

Illinois regulates the storage, handling, and transport of liquefied petroleum gas statewide under the LPG Act, adopting NFPA 58 standards uniformly through the Office of the State…

Running a bed and breakfast, Will County's zoning category for short-term paid lodging in a home, requires a special use permit in the A-1, A-2, E-1 and E-2 districts and is barred…

Will County's only licensed short-term-stay use in a private home, the bed and breakfast, is capped at four guest rooms with a maximum of two adults per room under Code § 155-9.30(A)…

Illinois imposes a 6% state Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax on short-term rentals of fewer than 30 consecutive days, including platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo, applied uniformly…

Bolingbrook declares improper waste storage a specific nuisance under Sec. 42-3: junk piled more than two weeks, or building material, stumps, brush or other wind-blowable debris…

Bolingbrook requires commercial and construction site refuse to sit in containers built for the job: business waste containers must be waterproof, leak-proof, covered and stable, while…

Bolingbrook requires landscape waste to go out in biodegradable paper bags or tied bundles, never loose or mixed with regular garbage. Paper bags top out at 50 pounds and 33 gallons…

Bolingbrook operates a village-wide curbside recycling program under § 42-9, run through the village's contract waste hauler with village-issued containers for metal, glass, newsprint…

Every Bolingbrook business must keep covered, waterproof waste containers and clear garbage within seven days under Sec. 42-6; construction sites need at least a 15-cubic-yard metal…

Bolingbrook residents may not store garbage carts in view of the street except within a compatible, earth-tone Toter enclosure. Carts go to the curb no earlier than 6 p.m. the night…

Bulk trash containers in Bolingbrook must stay clean, tight-lidded and hold only one-way bagged refuse under Sec. 42-5. Brush and tree branches must be tied into bundles under 50…

Bolingbrook Code § 50-4.1 sorts electric bicycles into three classes by top assisted speed: Class 1 and 2 cap out at 20 mph, Class 3 at 28 mph. Section 50-4.3 requires riders to use…

Bolingbrook Code § 50-4.3(c) restricts motorized scooters, including any shared or rented unit, to sidewalks only and sets a minimum operator age of 13. Section 50-4.4 bars parking a…

Illinois runs two different regimes and the answer depends entirely on which vehicle you own. A golf cart is a non-highway vehicle under 625 ILCS 5/11-1426.1, and driving one on any…

Bolingbrook bans drinking or carrying open alcohol on any public street, sidewalk, parking area or other place the public can access. Liquor must stay in its original sealed container…

Bolingbrook bans loitering, loafing or standing idle in a public place in a way that blocks streets, sidewalks or business access. Police must first order a person to move on before a…

A Bolingbrook resident who knowingly lets an invitee under 21 possess or drink alcohol in the home, or on any land or room they control, faces a $200 to $500 fine under the village's…

Using cannabis in any public place in Bolingbrook is a violation under Village Code Sec. 36-553, carrying a $250.00 civil penalty. The village layers this with bans on cannabis in…

Bolingbrook adopts the Smoke Free Illinois Act by reference and bans smoking in public places and places of employment village-wide, backing it with its own local fine schedule that…

Minors 16 and 17 must be off Bolingbrook streets by 11 p.m. on school nights and midnight on weekends; those 15 and under by 10 p.m. every night. Police must question the minor before…

Bolingbrook bars anyone from causing, creating or maintaining an obstruction of a street, roadway, sidewalk or other public way unless a permit from the public works and engineering…

It is unlawful in Bolingbrook to obstruct any street, sidewalk or public way without either specific authorization in Chapter 44 or a permit from the public works and engineering…

Bolingbrook exempts holiday decorations from its sign code, but only for up to 60 days of display. Sec. 54-342(2) sets the outer limit for how long lights and seasonal decorations can…

Bolingbrook caps electronic and digital signs at 5,000 nits by day and 150 nits at night, with brightness above ambient light measured from 150 to 350 feet depending on sign face size…

Bolingbrook requires a free permit from the finance department before any garage, attic, basement, yard or house sale, and its sign rules under Code § 12-74 confine every sign to…

Bolingbrook exempts non-illuminated window signs from its sign article as long as they cover no more than 60 percent of the window area. Sec. 54-342(9) sets that coverage ceiling…

Unincorporated Will County allows campaign signs without a permit for 60 days before an election and requires removal within six days after.

Unincorporated Will County limits advertising signs, the billboards oriented toward highway traffic, under Zoning Code § 155-13.60. Signs facing an interstate can run up to 700 square…

Bolingbrook requires a written permit from the village administrator before any block party can close a public way, filed at least 30 days ahead under § 44-33. A block party…

Bolingbrook requires anyone organizing a parade, procession or open-air public meeting to get a written permit from the village administrator, filed at least 30 days in advance under §…

Bolingbrook treats an outdoor sidewalk cafe or garden cafe as a special use in its B-2, B-3 and B-4 commercial districts, requiring a special use permit from the board of trustees…

Filming on a Will County highway that closes or impacts traffic is regulated as a special event, not a separate film permit, under WCDOT rules.

Closing a county highway in Will County for a parade, festival or race requires a special event permit from the Division of Transportation, applied for at least 30 days ahead, with…

Bolingbrook's subdivision and development design standards require every outdoor luminaire installed with new construction to be a full-cutoff fixture aimed to control glare, ban…

Bolingbrook caps how much light a nonresidential property can throw onto an adjacent residential lot: no more than 0.10 footcandles measured at the property line, five feet above…

Illuminated billboards in unincorporated Will County must use shielded, downward-cast fixtures and can't spill more than 0.1 footcandles onto nearby residential land.

Bolingbrook levies an 11 percent hotel room rental tax on renting, leasing or letting rooms in a hotel, motel, tourist court or lodginghouse within the village under § 46-145. Guests…

Food trucks in Bolingbrook may operate only on private property with the property owner's written consent, and only at locations the zoning code permits for food truck use, never on a…

Bolingbrook's food truck ordinance defines a licensed food truck as one parked 'on property other than a public street, road or right-of-way,' so selling directly from a public…

Operating a food truck in Bolingbrook requires an annual license from the department of public services and development under Code Sec. 12-388, backed by county health inspection…

Bolingbrook adopts the Will County Stormwater Management Ordinance (WCSMO) village-wide under Code Sec. 16-85, but tightens two of its rules: new residential lowest floors must reach…

Any development or redevelopment inside Bolingbrook must get a stormwater permit from the village's Department of Public Works and Engineering before grading or building. The drainage…

Detention basins built under Bolingbrook's stormwater rules must keep at least one foot of freeboard between the 100-year flood water level and the top of the embankment, and new…

Bolingbrook Code § 50-36 caps diesel-powered idling at three minutes within any 60-minute period on public property or contracted private property. Violators face a $250.00 fine per…

Clearing, grading, stripping, excavating or filling more than 5,000 square feet, disturbing over 500 square feet within 25 feet of a lake, stream or wetland, or moving more than 100…

In unincorporated Will County, boat docks, boathouses and piers are allowed within required wetland and stream buffer areas, but they must meet the buffer-width standards of the…

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Coastal Management Program regulates Lake Michigan shoreline development, applying uniform permit requirements along the entire Illinois…

Bolingbrook requires a building permit under its adopted 2018 International Building Code for construction, alteration, demolition and repair of buildings, enforced through the village…

Bolingbrook has adopted the Illinois state plumbing code as its own plumbing regulations under Code § 10-87, enforced by the village plumbing inspector. A permit is required for…

Bolingbrook adopted the 2017 National Electrical Code as its electrical code under Code § 10-108, enforced by the building commissioner and electrical inspector. No electrical…

Will County will not enforce fire sprinkler mandates in one- and two-family homes, duplexes or townhouses built to the residential code.

Will County adopts the International Green Construction Code 2018, but only as a voluntary option contractors can request: it's not a mandatory building standard for unincorporated…

Unincorporated Will County's building code amendment requires every elevator's emergency phone to dial directly to the local fire protection district's emergency line, not a private…

Will County's Building Code classifies day care operations serving twelve or fewer children as Group R-3 residential occupancy instead of commercial Group E, applying only in the…

Will County requires up to 20 staged inspections during construction, from footing to final, called 48 hours ahead of the Building Division.

Bolingbrook flatly prohibits operating a motor vehicle repair business out of a residence. Sec. 54-309(11) lists repair of motorized vehicles among the home occupations the village…

Selling cigarettes, cigars, hookah products or e-cigarettes at retail in Bolingbrook requires an annual tobacco dealer's license from the village clerk under Code Sec. 12-315. The…

Bolingbrook allows tattoo and body piercing establishments only as a permitted use in its I-1 and I-2 industrial districts. In I-1, a tattoo or piercing shop must sit at least 1,000…

Bolingbrook allows adult bookstores, adult entertainment cabarets and adult motion picture theaters only as permitted uses in its I-1 and I-2 industrial districts, and in I-1 every one…

Bolingbrook defines a pawnbroker as anyone lending money against pledged personal property and confines that business to the I-1 limited industrial district under the zoning ordinance…

Bolingbrook defines a secondhand store as any business that buys, sells, exchanges or trades used goods, and the zoning ordinance confines that use to the I-1 limited industrial…

A towing company holding a vehicle the Sheriff impounded can't release it until the driver shows a paid $350 county fee receipt or a hearing officer's order overturning the impoundment.

Unincorporated Will County requires every bath house or massage parlor to hold a county license before opening. The County Clerk collects a $2,000 annual fee, the Sheriff fingerprints…

Anyone soliciting for profit door-to-door in Bolingbrook must first obtain a certificate of registration from the police chief under Code § 12-254, submitting a sworn application with…

A posted no trespassing or soliciting notice legally binds every door-to-door solicitor in Bolingbrook, registered or not, under Code § 12-258, and ringing a doorbell in defiance of…

Bolingbrook's zoning ordinance sets hard spacing rules for cannabis operators: cultivation centers and craft growers must stay 1,500 feet apart, dispensaries must stay 1,500 feet from…

Bolingbrook has not opted out of cannabis business establishments. Every cultivation center, craft grower, infuser, processor, transporter, or dispensary must instead obtain a…

Illinois law permits home cannabis cultivation only by registered medical patients, capped at five plants per household, and preempts local bans or expansions of recreational home grow.

Bolingbrook allows garage and yard sales on residential property but caps each property at six days of sales per calendar year. The village zoning code treats a garage sale as a…

Bolingbrook requires landlords to supply heat maintaining at least 68 degrees in habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms from October 1 through May 31, and separately caps bedroom…

Bolingbrook requires anyone renting out a dwelling unit to hold an annual landlord license from the village police department, one license per building, renewed every year from May 1…

Illinois requires a 5-day written notice for nonpayment of rent (735 ILCS 5/9-209), a 10-day notice to quit for lease violations (735 ILCS 5/9-210), and a 30-day termination notice for…

Under 735 ILCS 5/9-207, ending a month-to-month or other tenancy under one year requires 30 days' written notice; a week-to-week tenancy requires 7 days. The statute lets the landlord…

Illinois has no statewide rent control and no cap on rent increases. The Rent Control Preemption Act, 50 ILCS 825, bars every unit of local government, including home rule cities, from…

Illinois has no statewide statute setting a maximum rent increase or a dedicated advance-notice period for raising rent, and the Rent Control Preemption Act (50 ILCS 825) bars local…

Illinois sets no statewide cap on residential security deposits. Under the Security Deposit Return Act, 765 ILCS 710, a landlord of a building with 5 or more units who keeps any of a…

Adverse possession in Illinois generally requires 20 years of possession (735 ILCS 5/13-101). The period drops to 7 years when the occupant holds under claim and color of title 'made…

Bolingbrook sets separate front, side, corner-side and rear yard minimums for each residential zoning district. In the common R-1 district a house needs a 35-foot front yard, 15-foot…

Bolingbrook caps how much of a residential lot a structure can cover, from 20 percent in the E-R estate district up to 40 percent for attached homes in R-4. The single-family limit in…

Bolingbrook caps residential buildings in its E-R, R-1, R-2 and R-3 districts at two and one-half stories or 35 feet, whichever is reached first, under the zoning ordinance's bulk…

Bolingbrook's property maintenance code requires every structure to stay free of insect and rodent infestation, obligates prompt extermination once pests are found, and makes every…

Will County's health code treats a food establishment lacking a nationally recognized Certified Food Protection Manager as a correctable violation, escalating to a mandatory informal…

Bolingbrook's property maintenance code lets the code official order occupants out of a building in imminent danger of collapse, placard unsafe structures as not approved for…

In unincorporated Will County, premises and exterior property must be kept free of weeds and plant growth taller than 10 inches under the county's amended Property Maintenance Code.

The Illinois Snow and Ice Removal Act shields residential property owners from liability for natural accumulations cleared in good faith, applying uniformly statewide.

Bolingbrook requires a passed code compliance inspection and an approved rental occupancy permit before any leased residential unit can be occupied, with the code enforcement…

Unincorporated Will County zones farmland A-1 to preserve agriculture and protect farmers' property rights, with a 10-acre minimum lot and A-2 closed to new rezonings.

Will County's zoning ordinance exempts land used for agricultural purposes and farm buildings in unincorporated Will County from zoning regulations and permit requirements, letting…

New subdivisions in unincorporated Will County must plant one parkway or front yard tree per 40 feet of street frontage, with a minimum of two and a maximum of four trees required per…

Will County's Engineer issues a special event permit before closing any county highway for filming, per Code § 56.120; the rule covers only county-maintained roads, not city streets in…

Will County requires a special event permit from the Division of Transportation before any movie, TV, commercial, or documentary shoot closes a county highway, arranged with WCDOT at…

Film and TV productions in unincorporated Will County must keep noise from carrying beyond the property line, per the county's noise nuisance ordinance enforced by the Sheriff's Police.

Will County's Code Enforcement Officers act on violations they personally observe; only animal control complaints can be formally filed to trigger an investigation, under the county's…

Unincorporated Will County lets conservation design subdivisions earn up to a 25% density bonus for trails, extra open space and design quality.

Ground-mounted AC and heating units over 30 inches tall must sit 15+ feet from residential property lines and be screened if within 25 feet.

Will County bars electronically amplified sound - including bass-heavy music and car audio - audible 75 feet beyond the property line in unincorporated residential areas, plus all…

Unincorporated Will County's residential noise ordinance, Code § 133.04, exempts "emergency related sound" from its 75-foot amplified-sound rule and its 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew. That…

Before Will County will record a final subdivision plat, any property owners association taking over streets, drainage, open space or other common areas must prove it has real legal…

The Common Interest Community Association Act (765 ILCS 160) governs Illinois HOA budgets and assessments but, unlike the Condominium Property Act, it creates no statutory assessment…

Illinois gives association members open meetings and a records right, but the deadlines and the cost rules differ depending on which Act governs your association. A condominium owner…

Illinois HOAs enforce their declaration, bylaws, and rules under the Common Interest Community Association Act. Rule violations are pursued through the 765 ILCS 160/1-30(g) fine power…

Illinois protects native plantings, not xeriscape and not artificial turf. The Homeowners' Native Landscaping Act, 765 ILCS 167, effective July 19, 2024, bars an association from…

Since January 1, 2024 the Illinois Electric Vehicle Charging Act has voided any covenant, deed restriction or governing-document provision that prohibits or unreasonably restricts…

An Illinois association board may not prohibit a unit owner from displaying the American flag or a military flag on the owner's limited common elements or on the immediately adjacent…

Illinois puts no dollar limit on association fines. Both statutes say only that the board may levy reasonable fines, and neither sets a maximum, a daily cap or a cure period. What…

Unpaid assessments on an Illinois condominium unit become a statutory lien under 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1), and once the board of managers records notice of that lien it may foreclose it in…

Illinois runs the opposite way from states that protect owners who rent. There is no statutory cap on how much leasing an Illinois association may prohibit, no minimum lease term, no…

Unincorporated Will County allows building-mounted and ground-mounted solar systems as accessory uses, but sets height, setback and street-facing design limits and puts the burden of…

Illinois voids any association bylaw, board action, deed restriction or covenant that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting a solar energy system, under 765 ILCS 165/15 and 765…

Will County designates landmarks and historic districts by County Board ordinance after Preservation Commission review, covering unincorporated-area properties and structures nominated…

Will County's zoning ordinance bans planting or maintaining invasive and noxious plant species on land covered by county landscaping rules, applying only in unincorporated areas…

Illinois preempts local drone regulation through the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act, establishing uniform privacy rules while federal FAA authority controls airspace operation…

The Paid Leave for All Workers Act guarantees up to 40 hours of paid leave annually for nearly every Illinois employee, with limited carve-outs for jurisdictions with existing…

Illinois issues shall-issue concealed carry licenses through the Illinois State Police under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, with statewide preemption of local handgun carry rules.

Illinois preempts most local firearm regulation under the FOID Card Act and Wildlife Code, leaving home rule cities limited authority over assault weapons and certain narrow areas.

Illinois bans open carry of firearms in public under the Criminal Code, allowing concealed carry only by Firearm Concealed Carry Act licensees with limited exceptions.

Illinois law sets uniform rules for transporting firearms in vehicles under the FOID Card Act and Firearm Concealed Carry Act, preempting local handgun transport ordinances.

Illinois doesn't let cities zone in casinos on their own: the Illinois Gambling Act (230 ILCS 10/7) hands out a fixed number of state owners licenses, each tied by statute to one named…

Illinois nonprofits need a Department of Revenue license before running charitable games, capped at 4 days a year, with single bets at house-banked games limited to $20 and cash…

Illinois law makes it a crime to play any game of chance or skill for money unless the activity fits one of fifteen narrow exemptions listed in 720 ILCS 5/28-1(b): the state lottery…

Illinois legalized sports betting under the Sports Wagering Act, but only through an operator holding a Board-issued master sports wagering license. The Illinois Gaming Board licenses…

Illinois holds roadside safety checks, but the General Assembly never wrote a statute authorising or regulating them. The Illinois Vehicle Code mentions checkpoints exactly once, in a…

Illinois writes the right to film police directly into its eavesdropping statute. 720 ILCS 5/14-2(e) says nothing in the eavesdropping article prohibits any individual who is not a law…

Illinois gives officers a demand power without giving them a penalty to back it. Under 725 ILCS 5/107-14(a) a peace officer who has identified himself as such may stop a person in a…

Illinois has no statute that requires an officer to warn you that you may refuse a vehicle search, but it does require the officer to write the request down. 625 ILCS 5/11-212 makes…

Illinois prohibits sale of any tobacco, alternative nicotine, and electronic cigarette product to persons under 21 under the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Act.

Illinois runs a closed list for vehicle lighting. Under 625 ILCS 5/12-212(c), all lighting on a vehicle other than what the Vehicle Code expressly authorises is prohibited, so the…

Illinois never lists permitted windshield zones for a dash cam the way Florida and Texas do. It applies a materiality test instead: 625 ILCS 5/12-503(c-5) prohibits driving with…

Lane splitting is not lawful in Illinois. The Vehicle Code never uses the phrase, but 625 ILCS 5/11-703(c) makes the maneuver itself unlawful: a two-wheeled vehicle passing on the left…

Illinois does not ask whether a plate cover obscures the plate. 625 ILCS 5/3-413(g) makes it unlawful to operate any motor vehicle equipped with a registration plate cover, full stop…

A radar detector is legal in an ordinary Illinois passenger car. The only detector ban in the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/12-714, reaches a driver who operates or is in actual…

Illinois gets lake-effect snow and still bans studded tires outright. Section 12-401 of the Illinois Vehicle Code forbids operating a vehicle on an improved highway if any road wheel…

Illinois bans tinted film on the front windshield except a nonreflective strip running no more than 6 inches down from the top, and bars any window treatment on the windows immediately…