Schaumburg, IL HOA Rules: Board Governance (2026)
Key Facts
- Applies to
- Residential and mixed-use PUDs before approval
- Required documents
- All association documents plus governing covenants
- Legal floor
- Illinois Condominium Property Act compliance
- If Act doesn't apply
- Village's published HOA guidelines govern instead
- Covenant topics required
- Open space, stormwater, parking, easements, design themes
Summary
Every residential and mixed-use planned unit development in Schaumburg must file homeowners' association documents before the village approves it. Village Code § 154.109 requires covenants covering shared maintenance, easements and common architectural themes, and mandates the HOA's governing documents meet the Illinois Condominium Property Act or, where that Act doesn't apply, the village's own published HOA guidelines.
(A)Submission of Documents: All residential PUDs and mixed use PUDs shall be approved subject to the submission of legal instruments and/or documents governing the association as well as the maintenance of open spaces and other commonly owned facilities. The documentation shall include, but not be limited to:(1)All association documents;(2)Covenants and/or agreements clearly defining the following:(a)Shared maintenance of common open spaces.(b)Shared maintenance of stormwater management areas and other utilities.(c)Shared/cross access and parking agreements.(d)Any easement information or agreements.(e)Common design elements including integration of common architectural themes.(B)Document Compliance: The homeowners' association documents shall be in compliance with and in no case less restrictive than the provisions set forth in the Illinois Condominium Property Act. In those instances where the PUD is controlled by a homeowners' association and not regulated by the Illinois Condominium Property Act, the homeowners' association documents shall comply with the provisions and guidelines regulating homeowners' associations published periodically by the village.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56 Update 1 | Policy Manual: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
Schaumburg does not license or govern homeowners' associations directly; it regulates them as a condition of approving the planned unit development (PUD) they sit inside. ' The list is not exhaustive but must include all association documents plus covenants that spell out shared maintenance of common open space, shared maintenance of stormwater management areas and utilities, cross-access and parking agreements, easement information, and common design elements integrating shared architectural themes across the development. Subsection (B) then sets the legal floor for those documents: they 'shall be in compliance with and in no case less restrictive than' the Illinois Condominium Property Act.
Where a PUD is run by a homeowners' association that the Condominium Property Act does not reach, its documents instead have to match guidelines on homeowners' associations that the village publishes and periodically updates, giving Schaumburg an ongoing say in HOA governance even after the PUD is built. 110, ranging from an administrative sign-off by the village manager for minor edits up to village board approval for extensive changes.
Violations & Fines
Section 154.109 sits inside the PUD approval process rather than a standalone licensing scheme, so noncompliance blocks approval rather than triggering a standalone fine: the village will not approve a residential or mixed-use PUD without acceptable association documents on file. Where a completed PUD's HOA documents fall out of compliance with the Illinois Condominium Property Act or the village's published guidelines, the Village Code's general penalty, § 10.99, applies: $100 to $50,000 per violation, with each day counted separately.
Frequently Asked Questions
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