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Home Business in Aurora, IL (2026)

4 verified home business rules for Aurora, Illinois, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

Verified from official government sources

Zoning & Home Occupation Permits

Aurora, Illinois caps a home occupation at 25% of a dwelling's floor area and one non-resident employee, permitted by-right across every residential zoning district.

Aurora IL Home Business Zoning Standards

Some Restrictions

Aurora Code of Ordinances § 49-107.3(b)

No more than twenty-five (25) percent of the area of a dwelling unit shall be devoted to the home occupation, except for babysitting services, day care homes and part day child care facilities/services or for meetings which shall not occur more frequently than once per month. Employees. One person may be employed on the site in connection with the home occupation that is not an inhabitant of th...

Signage Rules

Aurora bars any exterior sign, display or visible activity that would reveal a home occupation is being run from a residential dwelling, keeping it invisible from the street.

Aurora IL Home Business Sign Limits

Heavy Restrictions

Aurora Code of Ordinances § 49-107.3

Signage and display of items. There shall be no display of items or activity that will indicate from the exterior of the dwelling unit that it is being used in part as a home occupation. Display of items. Only articles produced by the members engaged in the home occupation shall be displayed within the dwelling unit. Direct sales and/or rentals of products off display shelves or racks is prohi...

Customer Traffic Restrictions

Aurora curbs customer parking and traffic from home-based businesses, requiring it not disrupt normal neighborhood flow and capping group meetings to once a month.

Aurora IL Home Business Traffic Rules

Some Restrictions

Aurora Code of Ordinances § 49-107.3

Parking generated from the home occupations. Parking shall not occur in a manner or frequency causing disturbance to the normal traffic flow for the residential neighborhood. Parking for group meetings shall not occur more frequently than one (1) meeting per month. No home occupation shall involve construction features or the use of electrical or mechanical equipment that would change the fire...

Home Daycare

Aurora, Illinois allows licensed babysitting and day care homes as a permitted home occupation in every residential district, capped at 8 children under 12 including the operator's own kids.

Aurora IL Home Daycare Zoning Rules

Some Restrictions

Aurora Code of Ordinances § 49-107.3(b)

Babysitting services, day care homes, and part-day care facilities/services, as defined by the Illinois Revised Statutes, shall comply with the standards of the State, take a maximum number of eight (8) children under the age of twelve (12), which includes the natural or adopted children of the persons operating the babysitting service or day care home. This subsection shall not be construed to...

Looking for Kane County county-wide rules?

County ordinances apply to unincorporated areas and may supplement Aurora city rules.

Home Business in Kane County