Bolingbrook, IL Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Sec. 54-307(2) states plainly that no sign on the premises shall advertise the presence or conduct of a home occupation. Unlike the village's commercial sign code in Article VI of Chapter 54, which sets square-footage and height limits for business signage, the home occupation provision does not permit a smaller compliant sign; it removes home-business signage from the premises entirely as one of the ten mandatory use limitations under Sec. 54-307. This sits inside the same section that requires home occupations to stay invisible from the street in other ways too: Sec.

54-307(9) requires the home occupation to be conducted so the premises does not differ from its residential character through colors, materials, lighting, or noise. A resident cannot rely on the general sign code's exemptions, such as the identification signs under two square feet allowed elsewhere in Sec. 54-342, to post a sign for a home business, because Sec. 54-307(2) is a more specific and more restrictive home-occupation rule that controls over the general exemption. The practical effect is that home-based businesses in Bolingbrook must rely entirely on off-premises advertising: mailers, online listings, word of mouth, or listings on business directories, since any on-site sign identifying the home occupation is itself the violation, regardless of size.