Business Licensing & Operations in McLean County, IL (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated McLean County, Illinois.
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Adult Entertainment
McLean County keeps adult entertainment establishments 2,650 feet from residential districts, churches, schools, and parks, and the same 2,650-foot buffer separates them from each other and from bars. Section 350-43B also limits signage, requires window screening, and caps parking-lot lighting.
McLean County Adult Entertainment Spacing Rules
Significant RestrictionsMcLean County Code § 350-43B(1)
No adult entertainment establishment shall be permitted within 2,650 feet of any R-1 or R-2 zoned lot or within 2,650 feet of any religious assembly, school or park and recreation use. This separation distance shall be measured as a straight line, without regard to intervening properties, from the nearest exterior wall of the adult entertainment establishment to the nearest lot line of a lot th...
Secondhand Dealers
McLean County zoning flatly excludes secondhand merchandise retail from the list of businesses allowed to operate as a home occupation. Section 350-43.R(1)(k) names it among nine uses barred outright inside a residence, no matter how small the operation.
McLean County Bars Home Secondhand Sales
Significant RestrictionsMcLean County Code § 350-43.R(1)(k)[4]
(k) Particular home occupations prohibited. Permitted home occupations shall not in any event include the following: [1] Antiques, retail. [2] Undertaking, mortuary and funeral services. [3] Grocery sales. [4] Secondhand merchandise, retail.
Auto Repair on Residential Property
Automobile and other motor vehicle repair services cannot operate as a home occupation in unincorporated McLean County. Section 350-43.R(1)(k) puts repair shops on the list of uses excluded from residential home-business zoning outright, sixth among nine barred categories.
McLean County Bars Home Auto Repair Business
Significant RestrictionsMcLean County Code § 350-43.R(1)(k)[6]
(k) Particular home occupations prohibited. Permitted home occupations shall not in any event include the following: [4] Secondhand merchandise, retail. [5] Equipment rental. [6] Automobile and other motor vehicle repair services.
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