There is usually no standalone 'home occupation license,' but the use must meet the ordinance standards. In unincorporated McHenry County any home occupation must be identified in the property's conditional-use permit application. Crystal Lake allows home occupations as a limited use meeting § 2-400C.3 standards, capped at 20% or 500
McHenry County UDO § 16.56.050(I)(10) requires existing or anticipated home occupations to be listed in any conditional-use permit application, which may condition or limit them. Crystal Lake permits home occupations administratively when they satisfy size (20%/500 sq ft), ownership (resident-controlled) and employee (no more than one nonresident) limits, plus any state, federal or local license the specific business needs.
Running a home occupation that exceeds the size, employee or operational limits, or that was never disclosed in a required conditional-use permit, can trigger a zoning enforcement order to cease the use, plus municipal fines.
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Crystal Lake collects yard waste and food-scrap compost weekly at the curb from April 1 through November 30. Leaves and grass must go in biodegradable paper ...
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Crystal Lake and McHenry County have no ordinance specifically banning or approving residential artificial turf. Installations must still meet Unified Develo...
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Illinois' Homeowners' Native Landscaping Act bars community associations from banning native-species plantings that are kept free of weeds and don't encroach...
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Neither Crystal Lake nor McHenry County prohibits residential rain barrels or rainwater collection, and Illinois has no statewide ban. The McHenry County Sto...
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Crystal Lake uses a color-coded water-conservation system. During a declared 'Yellow' condition, odd-numbered addresses water on odd dates and even addresses...
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Crystal Lake Chapter 526 lists noxious weeds - burdock, ragweed, thistle, poison ivy, wild mustard and others - plus any unmanaged vegetation as nuisance gre...
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