Tazewell County, IL Ordinances (2026)

Tazewell County requires every retail food service establishment to identify a certified food protection manager on its permit application, and Category I facilities must keep that…

County code requires every dwelling's foundation, walls, and basement openings to be rodent-proof, and basement windows or vents used for ventilation to carry screens or other devices…

In unincorporated Tazewell County, a family day care home caring for five to eight children in a detached dwelling is not a by-right use. The zoning ordinance classifies it as a…

A home occupation in unincorporated Tazewell County cannot be open to the public between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. under Zoning Code Section 157.052(I). The overnight closure applies…

Tazewell County lets residents run a home occupation by right in any residential or agriculture zoning district, but only inside the dwelling itself and only if it meets eleven…

A home-based business in unincorporated Tazewell County may display exactly one identification sign, and it cannot exceed two square feet in area or six feet in height. Zoning Code §…

Tazewell County bans drinking alcohol in any public place in the unincorporated county outside premises licensed for retail liquor sale and on-site consumption. It's a separate offense…

Tazewell County bans operating a skateboard or any other wheeled vehicle in county-owned buildings or on the surrounding county-owned grounds without prior written approval from the…

Tazewell County requires a building permit for every ground mount and roof mount solar energy system installed as an accessory use in the unincorporated county. The Community…

Section 96.08(EE) of the county's Human Habitation chapter bars piping liquid-form propane through buildings, bans vaporizing it with open flame or electrical coil, and requires LP-gas…

Unincorporated Tazewell County bans open burning of organic and inorganic refuse outright under County Code § 91.16, and the County Board can impose a broader emergency burning ban by…

Tazewell County's Chapter 130 use-of-county-property ordinance bans fireworks, firecrackers and rockets at the County Courthouse and Courthouse Square in Pekin. Section 130.06(B)…

Section 96.09 requires every dwelling unit to have a working smoke detector within 15 feet of every bedroom, plus one on every story including basements. New construction after 1987…

Tazewell County requires garbage collection vehicles serving the unincorporated county to be covered and controlled so nothing falls out, makes vehicle owners immediately retrieve any…

Tazewell County declares litter on real property a public nuisance and bans property owners and tenants from letting it accumulate outside a lawful disposal site, container or narrow…

Tazewell County requires any commercial hauler collecting recyclable material in the unincorporated county to hold a written permit from the County Health Department, issued under…

Tazewell County's Rural Residential District caps building footprint at 20 percent of lot area under Zoning Code Section 157.131; the county's bulk chart sets different maximums, up to…

Tazewell County's zoning Bulk Chart sets a 50-foot rear and 30-foot side setback for principal structures in the A-1 and A-2 agricultural districts, dropping to a 20-foot rear and…

Tazewell County caps principal structure height at 36 feet in most unincorporated districts and 40 feet in the light and heavy industrial districts, with a trade-off that lets a…

Tazewell County limits a small wind energy system to 60 decibels measured at the closest property line, with an exception during short-term events like utility outages or severe wind…

Tazewell County caps amplifying equipment at permitted mass gatherings, events of 5,000 or more people lasting at least 10 hours, at 70 decibels on the A-scale measured at the…

Unincorporated Tazewell County treats a dog whose barking, caterwauling, or other noise disturbs a household as a nuisance animal under County Code § 90.20(A)(3). A nuisance is…

Tazewell County exempts agricultural buildings, structures, and land from most zoning requirements and maintains a dedicated A-1 Agricultural Preservation District meant to keep…

Tazewell County allows up to six hens on a quarter-acre to two-acre lot in the R-1 and R-2 residential districts, but bans roosters, on-site slaughter, and coops closer than ten feet…

Tazewell County does not microchip every pet, but County Code § 90.26(C) makes it mandatory after a bite investigation: once a dog or other animal completes its ten-day bite…

Tazewell County does not ban or single out any dog breed; instead, County Code § 90.35 lets the Administrator or Director declare an individual dog "dangerous" after investigating its…

Unincorporated Tazewell County does not require every pet to be sterilized, but County Code § 90.02(C) forces it on repeat offenders: any dog or cat caught running at large a second…

Unincorporated Tazewell County lets residents keep unowned barn cats and feral colonies legally only through a licensing path: County Code § 90.24 requires an annual $10 barn cat…

Unincorporated Tazewell County requires every dog and other animal to stay confined or under restraint whenever it leaves the owner's property; letting an animal run at large violates…

Tazewell County's zoning code sets minimum size, placement, and screening standards for off-street loading docks serving non-residential uses in the unincorporated county. Required…

Tazewell County caps how many recreational vehicles a homeowner can park or store outdoors: up to four on unplatted A-1/A-2 parcels of 40 acres or less, and up to three everywhere else…

Tazewell County requires a driveway to sit at least 1 foot off the side or rear property line, caps a driveway's width where it crosses the right-of-way at 25 feet, and requires…

Tazewell County declares it a nuisance to store an inoperable motor vehicle on unincorporated property, including one unregistered for 30 or more days, with limited exceptions…

Tazewell County requires a plumbing permit for fixture work in the unincorporated area and enforces the State of Illinois Plumbing Code, 77 Ill. Adm. Code Part 890, adopted by…

Tazewell County requires a building permit from the Community Development Administrator before construction, demolition, fence installation, swimming pool construction, or electrical…

Tazewell County requires an electrical permit for wiring work in the unincorporated area and enforces the NFPA 70 National Electrical Code, 2017 edition, adopted by reference under §…

Section 96.10 requires a working carbon monoxide alarm within 15 feet of every sleeping room in county dwellings, and multi-unit buildings need the same 15-foot standard applied to…

Tazewell County adopted the 2018 International Residential Code but stripped out its automatic fire sprinkler mandate. Section 154.041(DD) rewrites IRC § R313.2 so new one- and…

Tazewell County's Community Development Administrator inspects permitted properties before a certificate of occupancy issues, and staff may enter unincorporated land to inspect for…

Tazewell County treats a massage establishment as a type of adult entertainment establishment under Chapter 150 and requires it to hold an adult establishment license to operate in the…

The county's zoning use matrix gives automobile repair, major or minor, no permitted or special-use entry in any agriculture or residential district. The use only clears the table…

Tazewell County bars any body art or micropigmentation establishment from operating in the unincorporated county without a State Department of Public Health certificate of…

Tazewell County requires an adult establishment license to run any adult cabaret, store, theater, body shop, or massage establishment in the unincorporated county, and Section 150.20…

An accessory dwelling in unincorporated Tazewell County must be owned by the same person who occupies the habitable principal dwelling on the lot, under Zoning Code Section 157.055(C)…

Tazewell County allows one accessory dwelling per lot in residential and agricultural districts, but only if the same owner occupies the principal home, the two share a driveway, and…

In unincorporated Tazewell County's residential districts, Section 157.046 caps the combined ground floor area of all accessory buildings on a lot to whichever is greater: the house's…

Tazewell County's accessory dwelling standards flatly bar renting the unit to anyone outside the family: Section 157.055(H) states the accessory dwelling shall not be used for rental…

Tazewell County caps outdoor light fixtures at 40 feet countywide, requires non-residential lighting to be shielded so it does not illuminate neighboring residential properties, and…

Illuminated signs, including off-premises billboards permitted as special uses in Tazewell County's commercial and industrial districts, cannot exceed 2,500 Lamberts of brightness…

Non-residential outdoor lighting in unincorporated Tazewell County cannot illuminate a neighboring residential property, and no fixture anywhere can be bright enough to cause glare or…

Tazewell County's floodplain code sets a Flood Protection Elevation two feet above the base flood elevation, and Section 152.06 requires new construction and substantially improved…

Tazewell County requires a development permit from the Floodplain Administrator before any construction, fill, or substantial improvement begins in a mapped floodplain within the…

Tazewell County requires an erosion and sediment control permit before disturbing land anywhere in the county's jurisdiction, covering new single- and two-family home construction and…

Tazewell County's erosion control chapter requires permanent stormwater controls on qualifying projects to hold post-development peak discharge at or below pre-development levels for…

Tazewell County confines commercial vending on its own property, including mobile food carts and stands, to the County Courthouse and Courthouse Square, and only with the County…

Tazewell County lets sidewalk food and beverage vendors already licensed by the City of Pekin operate on the sidewalk next to the Courthouse Square, but bars glass or styrofoam…

Tazewell County bans barbed wire and electric fencing outright inside any residential district and requires them to sit at least 10 feet back from any residential district boundary…

Tazewell County limits front-yard fences to 4 feet in residential and agricultural dwelling areas, allows up to 6 feet along the side and rear of the home, and permits up to 8 feet…

Tazewell County requires a $50 building permit before installing most fences in the unincorporated area, per the county's miscellaneous permit fee schedule. Section 157.049 exempts…

Temporary political campaign signs in unincorporated Tazewell County need no permit but must stand at least one foot back from the public right-of-way. Zoning Code § 157.333(E)(6)…

Off-premises billboards along state, U.S., and interstate highways in unincorporated Tazewell County are allowed only by special use permit in the C-2, I-1, and I-2 zoning districts…

Tazewell County's outdoor lighting rules ban flickering or flashing fixtures countywide, but Section 157.056(F) carves out one exception: holiday decorations. No permit, duration…

Unincorporated Tazewell County caps weeds, plants, and grass at ten inches tall on residentially zoned parcels of one acre or less under County Code § 91.47, declaring anything taller…

Tazewell County requires a temporary use permit before any festival, street fair, or public celebration can set up tents or temporary structures in the unincorporated county. The…

Tazewell County requires every swimming pool in the unincorporated area to meet its accessory-structure zoning setback and to be built to the 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa…

Adult-use cannabis craft growers and cultivation centers in unincorporated Tazewell County must sit at least 1,000 feet from schools, day cares, religious institutions, existing homes…

Unincorporated Tazewell County allows adult-use cannabis dispensing organizations only as a special use in the C-2 General Commercial, I-1 Light Industrial, and I-2 Heavy Industrial…

Tazewell County caps weeds, plants and grass at 10 inches on residentially zoned parcels of one acre or less. The Health Department enforces the rule as a public nuisance across the…

The county condemns and placards as unfit for habitation any dwelling so damaged, unsanitary, or vermin-infested that it endangers health and safety, if repair costs exceed the…

Tazewell County's Human Habitation chapter sets baseline conditions for rental dwellings in the unincorporated area: working heat to at least 68°F, natural light and ventilation…