McLean County, IL Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Standard
- No traffic abnormal to residential area
- Truck limit
- No regular deliveries over 2 tons
- Judged by
- Director of Building and Zoning, case by case
- Applies to
- Unincorporated McLean County only
- Penalty
- Up to $500 per week, § 350-22
Summary
Section 350-43.R(1)(i) bans any traffic from a home occupation that is abnormal to a residential neighborhood and specifically forbids regular deliveries by trucks over two tons, capping how much client or delivery traffic a home business can draw.
No traffic shall be generated by the activity of the home occupation which is abnormal to a residential neighborhood. This provision shall also include the prohibition of regular delivery by trucks in excess of a two-ton capacity.
Full Breakdown
R(1). It does not set a numeric trip count; instead it bars any traffic generated by the activity of the home occupation which is abnormal to a residential neighborhood, leaving the Director of Building and Zoning to judge, case by case under the enforcement authority in § 350-16, whether a stream of client visits, delivery vans or contractor trucks exceeds what a residential street ordinarily carries. The subsection then adds one bright-line rule inside that standard: it prohibits regular delivery by trucks with a capacity in excess of two tons, so a home occupation that depends on large-truck restocking or shipping does not qualify no matter how the rest of the operation is run.
R(1): a business that generates heavy client or delivery traffic often also fails the incidental-and-subordinate test in subsection (a) or crosses into the commercial character the exterior-alteration ban in subsection (h) is meant to prevent. Because the home occupation right exists only within Chapter 350's unincorporated-county reach under § 350-4, a client-traffic dispute inside Bloomington or Normal falls to that city's own code rather than this county traffic standard.
Violations & Fines
A home business that draws client or delivery traffic a neighbor can show is abnormal for a residential street, or that relies on regular deliveries from trucks over two tons, violates § 350-43.R(1)(i). That is a petty offense under the chapter's general penalty, § 350-22, fined up to $500, with each week the traffic pattern continues counted as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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