Native prairie landscaping suits this river-valley county. Since July 2024, Illinois' Homeowners' Native Landscaping Act bars HOAs from prohibiting native-species yards, so a maintained prairie garden is legal, not a code violation.
This is prairie and river-bluff country, and the law increasingly reflects it. The Homeowners' Native Landscaping Act (765 ILCS 167), effective July 19, 2024, prohibits homeowners' associations from banning residents who plant Illinois native species, so long as the area stays predominantly free of weeds, invasive species, and trash and does not spill onto neighbors or sidewalks. The act limits HOAs, not the city, so Peoria's ten-inch mowing rule still governs ordinary turf; a cultivated, maintained native bed is treated differently from a neglected weed patch. A cared-for prairie garden is protected; a neglected one is not.
A genuine, maintained native landscape is protected, and an HOA that bans it may be overstepping state law. A neglected planting overtaken by noxious weeds still triggers weed abatement and possible city clearing at the owner's cost.
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Peoria County, IL
Peoria County may require hosts to carry liability insurance for short-term rental properties. Minimum coverage amounts vary by jurisdiction.
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