Sangamon County, IL Ordinances (2026)

Adult-use cannabis craft growers, cultivators, infusers, processors and transporters must sit at least 1,500 feet from any school, day care, church, park or residential district in…

Sangamon County never opted out of cannabis businesses: all six license types are allowed in the unincorporated area, but only as conditional permitted uses confined to the I-1 and I-2…

Sangamon County zoning sets minimum front, side and rear yards by district: 30 feet front in the A-1 agricultural and R-1 residential districts, down to 15 feet in the B-1 through B-3…

The county's zoning bulk table caps most residential and agricultural buildings at 35 feet, with the R-3 multi-family district allowed up to 85 feet and business districts up to 65…

Sangamon County's subdivision code requires new-subdivision HOAs to assess each lot owner a pro-rated share of association expenses, and lets unpaid assessments become a lien against…

Sangamon County requires subdividers with private common features to form an incorporated homeowners association, and county planning commission approval governs the association's…

Sangamon County caps traffic from a home occupation at what's normal for a residential neighborhood and requires any parking it generates to be handled off the street, outside the…

Sangamon County limits home occupation signs to one non-illuminated sign of up to three square feet mounted flat against the wall, with a second sign allowed only on corner lots.

In unincorporated Sangamon County, family day care centers are a listed permitted use in the R-1 residential district, but the principal building must sit at least twenty feet back…

A home occupation in unincorporated Sangamon County can't use more than 25% of the dwelling's floor area, employs at most one outside worker, and must register with the zoning…

Mobile food units in Sangamon County need a board of health permit before operating, plus a floor plan and plumbing schematic showing tank sizes and water heater capacity.

A home-based auto repair business in unincorporated Sangamon County is regulated as a home occupation, capped at 25% of the dwelling's floor area or 400 square feet in an accessory…

Massage establishments in unincorporated Sangamon County need a county license before opening: background checks, fingerprinting, and Public Health Committee approval are all required.

Unincorporated Sangamon County confines adult bookstores, theaters and night clubs to a conditional permit in the B-3 district, 500 feet from residential areas and 1,000 feet from…

Sangamon County impounds any dog or cat found running at large in the unincorporated county, with redemption requiring fees, a $25 public-safety fine, and proof of rabies registration.

Sangamon County requires any dog or cat that bites someone to be examined, spayed or neutered, and microchipped once its confinement and observation period ends.

Sangamon County zoning exempts agricultural uses, including keeping, raising, and feeding livestock or poultry, from district-by-district use restrictions, so they're permitted on…

Sangamon County requires every feral cat colony caretaker to be sponsored by a licensed animal shelter, register with that sponsor, and keep colony records for the county to review.

Removing nuisance wildlife from your Sangamon County property requires an Illinois DNR license or a licensed nuisance-wildlife trapper, and trapped skunks and raccoons cannot be…

Sangamon County does not classify dangerous or vicious dogs by breed; the code expressly bars breed-specific classification and requires an individual court finding instead.

A minor boat dock built in Sangamon County's floodway skips the individual IDNR/OWR permit other work needs if it meets Statewide Permit No. 5 conditions, but it still must satisfy the…

Any development in Sangamon County's unincorporated floodplain needs a Floodplain Development Permit from the Executive Director before work starts, with fees, inspections and a…

Sangamon County requires an erosion control permit before grading, excavating or filling land in the unincorporated county once disturbance passes set size thresholds.

Sangamon County defines the flood protection elevation as the base flood elevation plus one foot, and floodplain development must set the lowest floor at or above that line.

New subdivisions in unincorporated Sangamon County must provide adequate surface drainage, storm sewers sized to county engineer standards, and detention where the county engineer…

Bars with a Sangamon County Beer Garden Permit must silence outdoor music by 9 p.m. on weeknights and 10:30 p.m. on weekends, on top of a general no-disturbance rule.

Sangamon County charges a flat $100 permit fee for roofing work under its building-permit fee schedule, in addition to the general permit requirement for adopted construction codes.

Sangamon County enforces the Illinois Plumbing Code as its adopted plumbing code, and its building official administers plumbing permits, inspections and fees under state law.

Sangamon County struck the International Residential Code's automatic fire sprinkler section entirely, so new one- and two-family homes built in the unincorporated county face no local…

Unincorporated Sangamon County has adopted the 2017 NFPA 70 National Electrical Code, and the Department of Building Safety issues the permit required for electrical work under it.

In unincorporated Sangamon County, homes must have a working carbon monoxide alarm within 15 feet of every sleeping room, with exemptions for homes that don't burn fuel, lack a garage…

Sangamon County bans off-premise signs, billboards advertising a business not on the sign's own lot, including those facing freeways, in every zoning district unless they meet the…

Sangamon County allows unlimited political signs in unincorporated areas but caps total area at 12 square feet in residential districts and 16 square feet elsewhere, with removal…

Window signs in unincorporated Sangamon County need no zoning permit under County Code Section 17.62.050, though they must still meet the ordinance's other display requirements: the…

Garage and yard sale signs count as temporary signs in unincorporated Sangamon County: no permit is required, but they cannot be attached to trees, utility poles, benches…

Sangamon County bans off-premise billboards outright unless they meet Illinois's Outdoor Advertising Control Act, and separately bans flashing or animated signs: a true digital…

Unincorporated Sangamon County lets holiday decorations and signs go up seven days before a holiday and requires removal within seven days after, with size caps by zoning district.

Sangamon County liquor licensees can add a permanent outdoor drinking area only after obtaining a Beer Garden Permit and enclosing it with an eight-foot solid fence set back from…

Sangamon County can order a dangerous building demolished, repaired or enclosed in the unincorporated area, or on a municipality's request, after posted notice and a chance to object…

Sangamon County prohibits parking along a set stretch of Chatham Road (County Highway 27) and part of Washington Street near Chatham, under the county's no-parking-areas chapter.

Off-street parking areas in unincorporated Sangamon County must be paved or seal-coated, and uncovered spaces must sit at least 5 feet from the front property line and 3 feet from a…

Unincorporated Sangamon County zoning requires any use that receives or ships goods by vehicle to provide on-site loading space for pickup and delivery vehicles, separate from required…

In unincorporated Sangamon County, garbage trucks, construction machinery and other vehicles with an adverse residential impact can't be stored on residentially zoned lots; residents…

Sangamon County treats an abandoned vehicle left on unincorporated property as regulated refuse, letting the health department remove it, bill the owner, and file a lien on the real…

Installing a residential solar energy system in unincorporated Sangamon County requires a building permit, with a fee of $25 per kW and a $200 minimum.

Recreational campfires and cooking fires are allowed in unincorporated Sangamon County without a burn permit, but garbage may never be burned and the fire must otherwise comply with…

Fireworks are banned in unincorporated Sangamon County outside every city and village unless the county has issued a public display, pyrotechnic or consumer fireworks permit under…

Sangamon County bans open burning across the unincorporated county outright, permitting it only for narrowly defined agricultural, domicile, landscape, and recreational fires that meet…

Sangamon County's A Agricultural District makes farming a permitted use by right across unincorporated ag-zoned land, alongside a long list of farm-support uses: no conditional-use…

County code requires any residential pool barrier to stand at least 48 inches tall and its gates to close and latch themselves automatically, keeping young children from wandering in…

Sangamon County charges a flat $100 building permit fee for above-ground pools in the unincorporated county, on top of any required electrical or barrier permits.

Sangamon County runs a voluntary curbside recycling program for unincorporated residential dwellings, accepting cans, glass, and certain plastics, and it's illegal for anyone without a…

Unincorporated Sangamon County requires garbage and refuse to go into specific approved containers - sized watertight cans or bulk containers for general waste, and 33-gallon paper…

Sangamon County bans hazardous fencing like barbed wire or electrically charged fencing in most residential settings and requires fences to be built of standard fencing material.

Building a fence in unincorporated Sangamon County requires a building permit under the county fee schedule -- a flat $100 charge -- and skipping it draws a penalty equal to 150% of…

Residential fences top out at 4 feet in the front yard and 6 feet everywhere behind it, business and industrial fences can run 8 feet, and corner-lot fences must still clear the…

Unincorporated Sangamon County residents may compost landscape waste in bins no taller than five feet, or piles under 125 cubic feet, kept at least five feet from property lines.

Unincorporated Sangamon County property must be kept free of weeds and plant growth taller than twelve inches, with noxious weeds banned outright under the county's property…

Sangamon County has no general tree-replacement law for private removals -- the only county rule sits in the telecommunications-facility ordinance, which asks that trees over 3 inches…

Sangamon County bans smoking within ten feet of the entrance to any enclosed public place or workplace it regulates, though the buffer doesn't apply to vehicles.

Sangamon County bans drinking alcohol anywhere on a public way, streets, alleys, sidewalks or rights-of-way, under its liquor code, backed by tiered fines starting at $250.

In unincorporated Sangamon County, letting garbage pile up so it creates a nuisance or attracts flies, vermin, or other disease-carrying vectors is unlawful, and the same…

Sangamon County's Historic Preservation Commission can designate landmarks and preservation districts for cultural, architectural or historic significance, requiring a certificate of…

Data centers sited in unincorporated Sangamon County can't exceed 50 decibels at the property line when adjacent to a home or residential district.

Data centers need a Conditional Permitted Use petition and must meet a 100-foot height cap, a 150-foot perimeter setback, and up to 750 feet of separation from nearby homes.

Sangamon County caps industrial plant noise at the district boundary: 72 decibels in the lowest octave band at a residential boundary, 79 near a business district, measured with a…

Sangamon County (the seat of state capital Springfield) does not enforce a county-wide decibel-based noise ordinance with set quiet hours for unincorporated areas. Loud, disturbing, or…

In unincorporated Sangamon County, an animal that creates a loud disturbance lasting more than 10 minutes and is documented by law enforcement or animal control is legally a nuisance.

Sheds and other accessory buildings in unincorporated Sangamon County must sit at least 3 feet from a rear lot line, 6 feet from the main house, and cannot exceed 18 feet in…

County Code Section 17.62.070 bars illuminated signs in Sangamon County's business and industrial districts from beaming light onto any residential building, residential district, or…