In unincorporated Kane County, a home business must qualify as a 'home occupation' under the Kane County Zoning Ordinance: an accessory use clearly incidental and secondary to living in the dwelling, conducted by the occupant, with no outside employees.
The Kane County Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 25) allows home occupations as accessory uses in residential districts of unincorporated Kane County. The activity must be engaged in by the occupant of the dwelling, be incidental and secondary to the residential use, and not permit outside employees or their arrival and departure. Commercial vehicles over 3/4 ton are barred, and only limited parking beyond normal residential use is allowed. Any home occupation creating objectionable noise, fumes, odor, dust, vibration, or electrical interference outside the structure, or more than normal residential traffic, is prohibited. Inside a city, that municipality's zoning code governs instead.
Operating a non-conforming home business can bring a zoning-violation notice, cease-and-desist order, and per-day fines under the county zoning enforcement provisions.
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