Peoria County, IL Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Peoria County's Unified Development Ordinance restricts how a home-based business can advertise itself from the property where it operates. UDO Sec. 2, Item 6 permits only one sign per home occupation, and that sign must be nonilluminated and nonprojecting, capped at two square feet per face, displayed on the dwelling in which the occupation is conducted. 5 ("Signs"), the ordinance's general signage chapter, which governs the broader standards for size, placement, and permitting that apply to commercial and other sign types across the county; the two-square-foot cap for home occupations is a specific carve-out from those general rules rather than the standard commercial allowance.

Because the sign limit sits inside the home occupation standards rather than a separate sign permit process, it applies uniformly across all three home occupation tiers, non-impact, minor, and major, with no larger allowance granted to higher-impact classifications. A resident who wants anything beyond a single small, non-illuminated sign, such as a lighted sign, a freestanding yard sign, or multiple signs, needs to seek relief through the special use process under Sec. 5 rather than relying on the as-of-right home occupation sign allowance.