Cicero, IL Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Section 26-149 of the Town Code, titled 'Home office only,' defines the license category narrowly. A home office only business is one where the principal office sits in the owner's primary residence, defined as the dwelling the owner owns, rents or leases and where the owner actually lives and sleeps. The definition carves out two categories entirely: a home business does not include any operation 'frequented by business invitees,' and it does not include home day care, which is licensed separately under chapter 26, article XII.

Because the invitee exclusion is built into the definition itself, a business that has customers, clients or other visitors coming to the residence for business purposes does not meet Cicero's definition of a home office and cannot be licensed as one; the town instead expects such a business to obtain whatever other Chapter 26 license fits its actual operations and physical activity. 00 that stands in place of the license taxes otherwise charged under Section 26-101. The applicant must supply the full name and residence of the business owner and the address of the proposed home business as part of the license application.