Peoria County, IL Ordinances (2026)

Peoria County requires paved, all-weather driveway and parking surfaces for most developments near incorporated areas and interchanges under UDO Section 7.7.5, and Section 7.7.7(6)…

Peoria County limits how many recreational vehicles you can keep outside a home in the unincorporated county. On platted lots and residential parcels, no more than two RVs are allowed…

Peoria County bars parking a commercial truck accessory to a residence if it exceeds 8,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or is longer than 21 feet, wider than 8 feet, or taller than 9…

Commercial buildings in Peoria County must provide off-street loading spaces sized by floor area under UDO Section 7.7.15 and Table 7-5, and any loading space serving vehicles over two…

Peoria County limits outdoor vehicle storage at a home to four automobiles for more than seventy-two continuous hours. UDO Section 7.7.7(5) caps how many cars a resident can keep…

All plumbing design and installation work in unincorporated Peoria County, including sanitary and storm drainage, water supply, and sewage disposal in buildings, must follow the…

Electrical work in unincorporated Peoria County must follow the National Electrical Code, adopted by reference in Peoria County Code Section 12-22, with a building permit required…

In unincorporated Peoria County, anyone who wants to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, or demolish a building, change its occupancy, or install or replace an electrical, gas…

Peoria County requires new buildings and substantial improvements in a mapped floodplain to sit above the flood protection elevation, defined as the base flood elevation plus a…

Peoria County requires an Erosion, Sediment, and Stormwater Control Permit before any commercial, institutional, multifamily or industrial project over half an acre, or any project…

Peoria County and its cities enforce NFIP floodplain rules, and Illinois DNR requires a permit for construction in a regulated floodway. The Illinois River floodplain shapes the Peoria…

Grading in Peoria County answers to two systems: the ILR10 stormwater permit for one-acre disturbances, and the Illinois Drainage Code, since drainage districts and field tile blanket…

Peoria County does not single out any dog breed for restriction: the code says vicious dogs cannot be classified by breed. Instead, a court declares a dog vicious case-by-case, based…

Peoria County bans private ownership of wild animals outright. Only federally or state-licensed zoos, veterinary hospitals, animal shelters and similar entities may keep one, and…

Countywide, every dog and cat over four months must be vaccinated against rabies and registered with Peoria County within 10 days of vaccination. Off its own property, an animal must…

Illinois's Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act forced Peoria County, population over 179,000, to file a municipal waste plan with the Illinois EPA by March 1, 1991, and to build a…

Dumping garbage, trash or refuse anywhere in Peoria County that isn't an approved disposal site is against the law under Section 11-1 of the county code, whether the site sits on…

Peoria County bars outdoor storage of refuse containers inside a required road setback, but carves out a specific exception for temporary curbside placement on collection day in…

A Peoria County home occupation may display just one sign, and it cannot be illuminated, cannot project from the building, and cannot exceed two square feet per face. That is a…

Peoria County allows home occupations as an accessory use in every zoning district, but requires a permit from the Zoning Administrator and sorts businesses into non-impact, minor, or…

A licensed home daycare for five to eight children is a permitted use in Peoria County's R-1 residential district, no special use hearing required. The home must be a detached…

Illinois expanded home food sales with the 2022 Home-to-Market Act. A cottage food operator registers with the Peoria City/County Health Department, not the state. Registration in…

Peoria County caps how much traffic a home occupation can bring to a residential street, scaling the limit to the business's impact tier: five customer trips a day for a non-impact…

Peoria County's only codified smoke detector mandate covers licensed bed and breakfast establishments: every guest room must have a smoke detector, on top of state fire marshal…

Peoria County adopted the 2018 International Fire Code and, in Section 12-26(p), specifically deleted the code's built-in recreational-fires exception from the open-burning section, so…

Illinois strictly limits consumer fireworks, and that holds across Peoria County. Only sparklers, snakes, and novelties are legal. Firecrackers, Roman candles, bottle rockets, and any…

Peoria County requires a $200 annual license for any sexually oriented business and a $100 license for each of its employees, bars operation between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m., and can suspend…

Peoria County bans automobile body repair and automobile repair as home occupations countywide. Under UDO Section 7.3.2, home occupations are otherwise permitted in every zoning…

Ground-mounted solar panels are a permitted accessory use anywhere in unincorporated Peoria County, but a homeowner still needs a building permit before installing one…

Illinois' Homeowners' Energy Policy Statement Act bars any homeowners', common-interest, or condominium association in Peoria County from adopting a bylaw, deed restriction, or…

When a structure in unincorporated Peoria County is so dilapidated, dangerous, unsafe, or unfit for occupancy that repair is unreasonable, Peoria County Code Section 12-21(u) lets the…

Vacant lot owners in Peoria County must control weeds and overgrowth and keep the parcel clear of dumped debris. Illinois law makes weed control every owner's duty, and the city holds…

Peoria County outlaws barbed wire, electrified, spiked, and glass-topped fences under UDO Section 7.4.3. These hazardous fence types cannot be erected or maintained anywhere in the…

Anyone erecting a fence in unincorporated Peoria County needs a building permit from the Zoning Administrator first, per UDO Section 7.4.1, unless the fence serves agriculture. Short…

Peoria County caps residential fences at six feet, but any solid fence in the front setback past the building line is capped at four feet and must stay open in style. Corner lots carry…

Peoria County's A-1 Agricultural Preservation District exists specifically to keep farmland in farming: it severely restricts non-farm development, shields working farms from…

Peoria County bans smoking at both public entrances to its courthouse. Section 7.3-27(h) of the county code draws a specific no-smoking zone around the Jefferson Street entrance…

Peoria County bans skateboarding anywhere on the courthouse grounds. Section 7.3-27(c) of the county code stops anyone from riding, rolling or coasting a skateboard inside the…

In unincorporated Peoria County, it is unlawful to carry alcoholic liquor away from the licensed bar, tavern or package store where it was bought unless the container is sealed and…

Illinois fixes no statewide construction hours, so limits come from the city. Peoria's Sec. 15-69 flags powered blowers, fans, and engines plainly audible 50 feet away between 10 p.m…

Peoria County treats a dog that disturbs neighbors with excessive barking or caterwauling as a nuisance animal under its animal control code. A supported complaint can trigger a…

Short-term rental guests follow the same noise rules as residents: the City of Peoria's noise code, including Sec. 15-62's 10 p.m. limit, and disorderly conduct law, 720 ILCS 5/26-1…

Short-term lodging in unincorporated Peoria County is regulated as a bed and breakfast establishment, capped at five guest rooms with no more than two adult transient guests per room…

Anyone renting rooms short-term in unincorporated Peoria County must hold a bed and breakfast license from the health authority before opening. Licenses cost $50 to $75 a year, must be…

Adult-use dispensaries are state-licensed and operate in the Peoria area. Where they may open is a local decision: under state law, the City of Peoria and Peoria County may enact…

Cannabis cultivation centers and craft growers must sit at least 1,000 feet from schools, day cares, churches, parks or residential zoning in unincorporated Peoria County; dispensing…

Recreational home growing is illegal in Illinois. Adults 21 and older may possess up to 30 grams, but only registered medical patients may cultivate, capped at five plants. A…

Illinois sets a statewide juvenile curfew by statute, 720 ILCS 5/12C-60, which replaced the repealed Child Curfew Act (720 ILCS 555). A minor under 17 may not be in a public place…

Rent control is illegal everywhere in Peoria County. The Illinois Rent Control Preemption Act (50 ILCS 825) bars every unit of local government, the county, home-rule Peoria…

Peoria County does not require a sign permit to change the message or artwork inside a window display, window sign, or window promotional sign. UDO Section 7.5.10(5) lists that…

Garage sale signs in unincorporated Peoria County don't need a sign permit, but they still have to follow the Unified Development Ordinance's general placement rules, including a…

In Peoria County's R-1 Low Density Residential District, structures may occupy no more than 30 percent of a lot's area. Agricultural uses, telecommunications carrier facilities, and…

Homes in Peoria County's R-1 Low Density Residential District cannot exceed three stories or 36 feet, whichever is less. Exempt features like chimneys, spires, and rooftop equipment…

In Peoria County's R-1 Low Density Residential District, principal structures must sit at least 15 feet from a side lot line and 25 feet from the rear line, while accessory buildings…

Peoria County allows one accessory dwelling per residential lot, but only within, or attached to, the principal detached dwelling: it must share the driveway, stay under half the main…

A backyard shed in unincorporated Peoria County is capped at the footprint of the house or 1,300 square feet (plus 750 for a garage) on subdivision lots, with larger limits on…

Native prairie landscaping suits this river-valley county. Since July 2024, Illinois' Homeowners' Native Landscaping Act bars HOAs from prohibiting native-species yards, so a…

Beyond the ten-inch mowing cap, Illinois law makes controlling noxious weeds a legal duty. The Illinois Noxious Weed Law requires every Peoria County owner to eradicate listed species…

Peoria County requires a building permit for above-ground and in-ground residential pools, and no pool permit issues until the barrier is in place. The Illinois Counties Code gives the…

Illinois law lets Peoria County and the City of Peoria require a barrier around a residential pool, and the county will not issue a pool permit until that barrier is in place. It…

A sidewalk or street food cart in Peoria County needs its own license tied to one specific location, not a general permit good anywhere. Section 10-40 requires the vendor to show proof…

Every food truck and trailer-mounted kitchen in Peoria County needs a food safety license from the health authority before it serves. Section 10-11(c) lists the paperwork due before…

Anyone building a driveway, entrance or culvert crossing onto a county highway in unincorporated Peoria County needs an access permit from the County Engineer. Fees run from $25 for a…