5 rules for unincorporated Champaign County, Illinois.
Verified from official government sources
Champaign and Urbana permit home occupations as an accessory use in residential zones through city zoning. The business stays secondary to living in the home, run mainly by residents, with no outward sign of commercial activity.
Champaign and Urbana home occupations may not advertise with exterior signs. Nothing visible from the street may show that a business operates inside, keeping residential blocks free of commercial display.
A Champaign or Urbana home occupation may not generate customer or delivery traffic beyond normal residential levels. Walk-in retail is barred, and any client parking stays on the property.
Illinois's Home-to-Market Act lets you make and sell a wide range of homemade food from a Champaign County home after registering with the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. No state license, and the old sales cap is gone.
410 ILCS 625/4
A cottage food operation must register with the local health department for the unit of local government in which it is located
Caring for children for pay in a Champaign County home requires a DCFS license. A licensed day care home serves up to 8 children; the city adds only zoning and building review.
225 ILCS 10/3(a)
No person, group of persons or corporation may operate or conduct any facility for child care, as defined in this Act, without a license or permit issued by the Department
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