Springfield does not issue a discretionary home-occupation permit; instead, Zoning Code Section 155.045(a) requires every home occupation to be registered in the office of the zoning administrator on the forms the administrator provides. Food-based home businesses are separately governed by the Illinois Home to Market Act (410 ILCS 625), the state cottage food law the City code expressly cross-references.
Under City of Springfield Zoning Ordinance Section 155.045(a), home occupations are to be registered in the office of the zoning administrator on the forms provided by the zoning administrator. There is no separate discretionary license; registration is the mechanism that confirms a qualifying home occupation as a permitted accessory use of a dwelling unit. Section 155.045(b) lists qualifying uses, which include but are not limited to one-chair beauty parlors and barber shops, tutoring (no more than eight students per day without amplified sound), mail order operations, home crafts for off-site sale, telephone solicitation work, professional offices, authors, composers, and a cottage food operation. For cottage food operations, the City code itself points to the Illinois Home to Market Act, 410 ILCS 625/4 et seq.; the State, not the City, sets registration, labeling, and sales requirements for selling homemade food. Springfield's Building & Zoning Department administers home-occupation registrations at the Municipal Center West, 300 S. 7th St., Springfield, IL 62701. Any home occupation that does not conform to Section 155.045 is not a permitted use and may be subject to zoning enforcement.
Operating a home occupation that does not conform to Section 155.045 (including the operating standards of subsection (c)) is a zoning violation enforceable by the City. Cottage food operations that fail to meet the Illinois Home to Market Act (410 ILCS 625) requirements are independently enforceable by the local health authority.
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