Macon County, IL Ordinances (2026)

Macon County requires a County Board special use permit before any grid-scale commercial solar energy facility is sited, plus a separate commercial solar energy building permit before…

In unincorporated Macon County, selling, possessing for sale, or using fireworks is unlawful except under a permit the county issues for public, pyrotechnic, or consumer fireworks…

Unincorporated Macon County bans burning refuse except at a state-permitted or licensed incineration facility, but § 50.04(C) lets landowners burn landscape waste, brush, tree limbs…

New buildings wired under Macon County's Electrical Code must install smoke detectors to § 907.2.10 of the 2012 International Fire Code, alongside battery-backup emergency lighting for…

In unincorporated Macon County, keeping chickens or livestock is legal, but the county's nuisance code controls how you keep them: coops, pens, and stables cannot be left in a foul or…

In unincorporated Macon County, owning more than seven dogs, cats, or a combination on one property or dwelling requires a multiple-pet license from Macon County Animal Control under…

Macon County does not require pet owners to spay or neuter dogs or cats. Instead, Code § 96.17 sets a lower annual registration fee for altered animals, $15 versus $50 for pets that…

In unincorporated Macon County, every animal owner must confine the animal to their own property or keep it under direct, effective physical control. Macon County Code § 96.04 lets…

Unincorporated Macon County requires every cat four months or older to be registered like a dog, with a $15 fee if spayed or neutered and $50 if not. Macon County Code § 96.17(C)…

In unincorporated Macon County, a veterinarian, animal hospital, kennel, or riding academy is a permitted use in the B2 Commercial District only if every building, kennel, or exercise…

Macon County does not require every food worker to carry a certificate up front, but the Health Authority can order any food handler whose work habits threaten public health to…

Macon County Code § 90.20 bars dumping or maintaining refuse, garbage or rubbish on any land that creates a rodent-infestation breeding ground, or keeping an animal pen, coop or stable…

Sidewalk and street food vending units in unincorporated Macon County are food establishments under the county's Food Sanitation Code, so a vendor must hold a valid Macon County Health…

Operating a mobile food unit in unincorporated Macon County requires a valid permit from the Macon County Health Department under Code § 116.15. Permits are non-transferable, tied to…

Vendors selling food at a fair, festival, or other public event in unincorporated Macon County need a temporary food establishment permit from the Macon County Health Department…

Unincorporated Macon County residents must keep watertight, tight-lidded refuse containers sized for one-person handling unless the hauler uses automated equipment, and pickup cannot…

Unincorporated Macon County's Solid Waste chapter defines recyclables as source-separated or commingled paper, glass, plastics, and ferrous and non-ferrous metals, with single stream…

Unincorporated Macon County requires every occupied dwelling to subscribe to regular refuse collection, with a monthly minimum removal frequency under § 50.02(A). Licensed haulers must…

Unincorporated Macon County residents get three large-item pickups a year through their licensed hauler under § 50.03(K)(3), each covering one appliance plus up to two other items…

Unincorporated Macon County bans storing, dumping or discharging refuse on any property that isn't a licensed refuse disposal area. A violation of § 90.15 carries a $50 to $500 fine…

Anyone performing tattooing, body piercing, or branding in unincorporated Macon County needs an annual body art practitioner permit from the Macon County Health Department. Code §…

Towing companies that remove and store vehicles in unincorporated Macon County hold a possessory lien for their services under state chattel-lien law, but Macon County Code § 71.01…

Unincorporated Macon County requires off-street loading spaces at any building that is erected or structurally altered, sized and located to handle expected delivery vehicles. Macon…

Unincorporated Macon County only restricts parking on the specific county highway segments the County Board posts as no-parking areas under Chapter 72, Schedule I. The Sheriff can…

Unincorporated Macon County bans keeping an abandoned or derelict vehicle on any property once it lacks valid registration, sits on jacks or blocks, or is missing parts needed to drive…

A private garage in unincorporated Macon County is defined for zoning purposes as storage for the household's own vehicles, capped at no more than one truck or commercial vehicle, and…

Macon County has opted out entirely: Macon County Code § 155.300 prohibits adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations anywhere in unincorporated Macon County. No zoning district…

Macon County Code § 156.05(D)(2) requires that any lighting installed at a commercial solar energy facility be shielded and downcast so it does not spill onto the neighboring parcel…

Battery energy storage system sites in unincorporated Macon County must light themselves according to International Dark-Sky Association guidance under Macon County Code § 157.08(G)…

Near the county's freeway interchange overlay districts in unincorporated Macon County, Macon County Code § 155.166(H)(8)(d) bars any outdoor-advertising sign from containing…

Unincorporated Macon County exempts private property owners from the county's dumping-permit requirement when they compost waste generated on their own property, under § 50.04(A)…

In unincorporated Macon County, grass and weeds are capped at 12 inches on any lot inside a platted subdivision or on a lot with a residence under a County Board special use permit…

Unincorporated Macon County makes rental property, mobile home park, and apartment building owners responsible for providing tenants a potable water supply under § 52.26. Systems must…

Macon County Code § 90.19 bars owners from letting any structure or premises in the unincorporated area become unfit through structural instability, garbage and rubbish accumulation…

In unincorporated Macon County, electric and barbed wire fences are banned on residentially zoned lots unless the property sits in the RE5 or RMH5 Single Family Estate district. The…

In unincorporated Macon County, residential lot-line fences, walls, and hedges may reach eight feet, but drop to three and a half feet in a required front or corner side yard. Near…

In unincorporated Macon County, disturbing one acre or more of land, or any part of a larger development that totals an acre, requires a land disturbance permit from the Planning and…

Any project in unincorporated Macon County that needs a land disturbance permit must file an erosion and sediment control plan, sealed by a qualified person, showing how the site will…

Anyone developing land in a Macon County floodplain, from grading to new construction, needs a development permit from the Planning and Zoning Administrator before work starts, backed…

Macon County requires one foot of freeboard above the base flood: the county's flood protection elevation is defined as base flood elevation plus one foot. Any new floodplain building…

A minor boat dock built in a Macon County floodway does not need the county's no-rise engineering analysis if it meets the conditions of IDNR/OWR Statewide Permit Number 5; other dock…

Sheds and other accessory buildings in unincorporated Macon County must sit at least ten feet from the house, follow the same side and rear setbacks required for the main structure…

Macon County's zoning code does not allow guest houses, servants' quarters, apartments, or similar living units as accessory buildings on residential or agricultural lots. Section…

Macon County's § 155.183 table sets minimum front, side, and rear yard setbacks for every zoning district in the unincorporated county. A single-family R1 lot needs a 35-foot front…

Macon County Code § 155.183's height and area table caps the share of a lot a building may cover in every zoning district: multiple-family residential (R6) lots may not exceed 0.50…

In unincorporated Macon County, Macon County Code § 155.183 caps building height at 35 feet in every single-family and multiple-family residential district (R1, R4, RE5, R6), and a…

Macon County's zoning code doesn't reach land used for agricultural purposes: § 155.005 exempts farming, farm buildings, and related structures from the chapter's permit and use…

A day care or day nursery facility in a Macon County residential district is a special use, not a use allowed by right. Section 155.115(B)(2)(c) requires special use permit approval…

Macon County's zoning code permits a HOME OCCUPATION by right in every residential and the A1 agricultural district, but only if it meets eight conditions: family-run, no exterior sign…

A home occupation in unincorporated Macon County cannot generate more traffic than would normally occur in a residential neighborhood, and any parking it creates must be handled off…

A home occupation in unincorporated Macon County may not display anything from the exterior showing the house is used for business, except a single sign of one square foot or less that…

Unincorporated Macon County caps outdoor sound reaching a residential property at 60 dBA between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m., dropping to 55 dBA from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Macon County Code § 94.06…

Unincorporated Macon County imposes a nighttime noise curfew from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Any sound from a noise source that carries 100 feet or reaches 55 dBA on a neighboring residential…

Unincorporated Macon County does not apply its 60/55 dBA noise limits to duly registered motor vehicles or motorcycles. Macon County Code § 94.07(F) and (H) exempt registered vehicles…

Unincorporated Macon County exempts construction noise from its Chapter 94 decibel limits only between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Macon County Code § 94.07(I) lets the Planning and Zoning…

Unincorporated Macon County treats a pet that causes a disturbance by excessive barking, caterwauling or noisemaking as a nuisance animal under Macon County Code § 96.10(A)(2). A dog…

Unincorporated Macon County exempts air conditioners and other powered maintenance equipment from Chapter 94's noise limits under Macon County Code § 94.07(C), provided the unit is…

In unincorporated Macon County, any building or structure longer than ten feet on any side, or any addition to one, needs a permit from the Office of the Zoning Administrator before…

Macon County has adopted the current National Electrical Code as its County Electrical Code, and County Code § 150.07 makes it unlawful to do electrical work, including temporary…

Electrical work permitted under Macon County's Electrical Code must be inspected before it's covered up and again for final approval before a certificate of occupancy can issue…

Macon County's Electrical Code splits residential pools into two classes for wiring purposes: permanently installed pools built into the ground versus storable pools no deeper than 42…

Macon County's zoning code never uses the phrase 'digital billboard,' but it regulates any sign whose light is not constant: § 155.184(B)(8) folds billboards into its front-yard sign…

In the interchange areas the county's overlay zoning covers near freeway ramps in unincorporated Macon County, Macon County Code § 155.166(H)(8) bars every sign except traffic-control…