Champaign and Urbana home occupations may not advertise with exterior signs. Nothing visible from the street may show that a business operates inside, keeping residential blocks free of commercial display.
Champaign's and Urbana's home-occupation zoning rules bar any exterior sign, display, or window advertising for a business run from a residence. The point is to preserve the residential look of the neighborhood, so commercial vehicles with large lettering parked in the driveway and any goods displayed for sale are also restricted. A permitted home occupation shows no outward evidence of the business at all. Recorded subdivision covenants near the University of Illinois campus and in newer Champaign and Savoy subdivisions frequently ban business signage on top of the city rule, and are enforced separately by the homeowners association.
City code enforcement can order removal of a prohibited home-business sign and treat continued display as a zoning violation with daily fines; covenant breaches are enforced privately by the HOA.
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