Schaumburg, IL Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Current camera program
- None operating
- County opt-out
- R-10-088, passed 7-13-2010
- Prior opposition vote
- R-10-065, passed 6-8-2010
- Former camera chapter
- Ch. 78, repealed by Ord. 17-082 (2017)
- Legal authority
- Home rule, Ill. Const. art. VII
Summary
Schaumburg has no red light camera or school-zone speed camera program. The Village Board voted twice in 2010 to keep Cook County's countywide camera plan out of town, and it repealed its own 2008-era automated ticketing chapter in 2017, leaving traffic signal and speed enforcement entirely to police officers in the field.
Editor's note— Ord. 17-082, §§ 2, 3, passed Sept. 26, 2017, repealed the former Ch. 78, §§ 78.01—78.13 and enacted a new Ch. 78 as set out herein. The former Ch. 78 was entitled "Red Light Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System" and derived from: Ord. 08-045, passed Mar. 25, 2008; Ord. 08-142, passed Oct. 28, 2008; and Ord. 09-001, passed Jan. 13, 2009.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56 Update 1 | Policy Manual: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
Schaumburg runs no red light camera or school-zone speed camera program today, and its history shows a Village Board that twice pushed back against automated ticketing. The village's own camera chapter, formerly Chapter 78, was titled "Red Light Automated Traffic Law Enforcement System" and was built from Ordinance 08-045 (March 25, 2008), Ordinance 08-142 (October 28, 2008) and Ordinance 09-001 (January 13, 2009). Trustees repealed that chapter outright through Ordinance 17-082, §§ 2-3, passed September 26, 2017, and replaced Chapter 78 with an unrelated set of rules for overweight and oversize vehicle permits.
Separately, when Cook County floated a plan in 2010 to install its own red light cameras at intersections touching Schaumburg, the Village Board first adopted Resolution R-10-065 on June 8, 2010, opposing the county's plan, then followed with Resolution R-10-088 on July 13, 2010, formally opting the village out of participation. No school-zone photo speed enforcement ordinance appears anywhere in the current code. Because Schaumburg is a home-rule municipality under Article VII of the Illinois Constitution, the Village Board could reinstate automated enforcement by ordinance at any time, but as of this code's current codification it has not done so.
Drivers who run a red light or speed through a school zone in Schaumburg are still cited the traditional way, by a police officer writing a moving violation under the Illinois Vehicle Code, not by a mailed camera ticket.
Violations & Fines
Because no camera program exists, there is no camera-generated citation, notice of liability, or administrative fine to appeal in Schaumburg. A driver stopped for running a red light or speeding is issued a standard police-written citation under the Illinois Vehicle Code, contested through the county traffic court system rather than any village administrative hearing. Reinstating a camera program would require a new ordinance from the Village Board, which has twice gone on record against county-run cameras.
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