10 rules for unincorporated McHenry County, Illinois.
Verified from official government sources
In unincorporated McHenry County, a resident may let a guest park or store one RV, trailer, or boat for no more than 60 days per year. Crystal Lake allows RVs on driveways with size limits.
McHenry County UDO § 16.56.050
The owner or occupants of an occupied residential property may allow a guest to park or store a single recreational vehicle, snowmobile, off-road motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, or trailer for the aforementioned vehicles on their property for a total of not more than sixty (60) days per calendar year.
Vehicles must generally park on an approved driveway, not on lawns. In Crystal Lake, motor homes over 25 feet may sit on a driveway no more than 10 days per month.
Crystal Lake City Code, Development & Design Standards
Motor homes over 25 feet in length can be temporarily parked on residential driveways, for a period not to exceed 10 days in one month, as long as the motor home is not being used for residential purposes.
Cities restrict where work trucks and equipment can sit in residential neighborhoods. Crystal Lake requires construction equipment, trucks, trailers, and commercial vehicles in residential districts to be kept in a fully enclosed structure.
Crystal Lake City Code, Development & Design Standards
The parking and storage of construction equipment, trucks, trailers and commercial vehicles in any residential district must be in a fully enclosed structure.
Unincorporated McHenry County has few on-street parking rules; municipalities like Crystal Lake regulate streets directly, including a 2 a.m.–6 a.m. restriction and snow-emergency towing.
Unincorporated McHenry County sets no blanket overnight ban, but cities do. In Crystal Lake, no vehicle may park on any street longer than 30 minutes between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m.
Crystal Lake City Code, Art. VII (Stopping, Standing and Parking)
No person, except physicians on emergency calls, shall park any vehicle for a period of time longer than 30 minutes between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day on any streets in the municipality.
McHenry County sets no special residential EV-parking ordinance. Illinois' Electric Vehicle Charging Act requires most newly built homes and multi-family projects to be EV-capable.
Illinois law (625 ILCS 5/4-201) makes abandoning a vehicle on public or private property unlawful, and it may be removed after a 7-day waiting period. Crystal Lake also bars inoperable vehicles.
625 ILCS 5/4-201(b)
The abandonment of a vehicle or any part thereof on private or public property, other than a highway, in view of the general public, anywhere in this State is unlawful except on property of the owner or bailee of such abandoned vehicle.
Residents may not paint curbs to reserve or restrict parking. Curb markings are official traffic-control devices installed only by the municipality or road authority.
Loading zones are designated and enforced by municipalities and posted signs, not by a countywide ordinance. Crystal Lake regulates standing and loading under its traffic code.
Large RVs and oversized vehicles face storage limits. In Crystal Lake, a recreational vehicle over 25 feet long or 11 feet tall must be stored in a side or rear yard, at least five feet from property lines.
Crystal Lake City Code, Development & Design Standards
A recreational vehicle that is larger than 25 feet in length and/or 11 feet in height can be stored in the interior side yards or rear yard as long as it is not located within five feet of the side or rear property lines.
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