Springfield expressly lists a cottage food operation as a permitted home occupation in Zoning Code Section 155.045(b), referencing the Illinois Home to Market Act (410 ILCS 625/4 et seq.). State law, not a Springfield-specific ordinance, defines and regulates the production and sale of homemade food from a residence.
City of Springfield Zoning Code Section 155.045(b) names a "cottage food operation (Home to Market Act, 410 ILCS 625/4 et seq.)" among the uses permitted as home occupations. The City does not impose its own substantive cottage food rules; the controlling law is the Illinois Home to Market Act. Under 410 ILCS 625/4, a cottage food operation is a person who produces or packages non-potentially hazardous food or drink in a kitchen located in that person's primary domestic residence (or another appropriately designed and equipped residential or commercial-style kitchen on the property) for direct sale by the owner, a family member, or employee. The Home to Market Act, as amended effective January 1, 2022, sets the State framework for registration with the local health department, product labeling, allowed and prohibited foods, and where sales may occur. A Springfield home cook operating a cottage food operation must comply with the City's general home-occupation standards in Section 155.045(c) (for example the 200-square-foot area limit and the appearance and traffic standards) and with the State Home to Market Act requirements enforced by the Sangamon County health authority.
Selling homemade food that is not a registered, compliant cottage food operation under 410 ILCS 625 is enforceable by the local health authority, and exceeding the Section 155.045(c) home-occupation standards is a City zoning violation.
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