Mount Prospect, IL

The Village of Mount Prospect bans watering lawns and gardens or filling swimming pools with public water except on an odd/even schedule. Odd addresses water on odd dates and even…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, owners must trim private trees that overhang sidewalks or streets. Limbs cannot project over a sidewalk below eight feet or over street pavement below…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, removing more than five trees from a property, or any tree with a caliper of four inches or greater on a proposed development site, needs a permit…

The Village of Mount Prospect allows a maximum of 4 rain barrels per lot, each up to 55 gallons, under § 14.319. No building permit is required, but each barrel needs an insect screen…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a compost pile cannot exceed four feet tall by four feet wide by four feet long, must sit behind the principal structure outside any required front or…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, grasses, annual plants and vegetation taller than eight inches count as weeds, except trees, shrubs and cultivated flowers and gardens. Permitting…

In unincorporated Cook County, required landscape plans for building permits, PUDs, and large parking lots must use plants from the County's approved native list and may not include…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a shed in a residential district can be no larger than the smaller of two percent of the lot area or 200 square feet. It sits 3 feet from interior…

The Village of Mount Prospect has no accessory dwelling unit permission. Section 14.312 bans leasing, maintaining or building an unpermitted second housekeeping unit, with limited…

The Village of Mount Prospect allows an attached single-family garage to become living space only if a new garage of equal or greater size is provided for the same number of vehicles…

The Village of Mount Prospect governs home occupations through eleven standards in section 14.307. A home business cannot use more than 25 percent of the gross floor area of the…

The Village of Mount Prospect allows no sign of any kind in conjunction with a home occupation. Section 14.307 A states the purpose plainly: no commercial signs are displayed in…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a home occupation cannot generate customer, client or group visits at a greater frequency than a residential area with no home occupation would see…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a daycare home is a permitted use, marked P in Land Use Table 1 of § 14.604, in the R-X, R-1, R-A, R-2, R-3 and R-4 districts. It needs no conditional…

Illinois runs its cottage food program out of 410 ILCS 625/4, and the current text sets no ceiling at all on what a cottage food operation may sell. Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) is…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, abandoning a vehicle or any part of one on a street, or on public or private property in view of the public, is unlawful. The Police Department can…

The Village of Mount Prospect sets minimum standards for EV charging stations in Section 14.317 C: no blocking of the public right-of-way, signage, screening, protective bollards, and…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, section 18.1322 requires a current Mount Prospect vehicle sticker in the front windshield to park in any pay parking zone signed Resident Parking…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a single-family detached lot can hold no more than one commercial vehicle, parked in a fully enclosed garage or in the rear or side yard on an…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, recreational vehicles and equipment, including boats and vehicle trailers, park only upon an approved driveway or parking pad built to the site…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a single-family driveway must be at least eight feet (8') wide and lead to two (2) parking spaces that meet the zoning district setbacks. Driveways…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, section 18.1319 bars parking any vehicle on any street between 2:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. on any day, except vehicles on emergency calls. Section 18.1320…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, section 18.1303 bars stopping or parking on sidewalks, crosswalks and intersections, and bars standing in front of any driveway, within 15 feet of a…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, section 18.1314 bars parking on any unplowed public right of way within a 24 hour period after a snowfall of 2 inches or more. Section 18.1423 also…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, section 18.1311 caps standing for loading at 3 minutes for a passenger vehicle and 30 minutes for a freight carrying vehicle in alleys, at hospital…

Cook County's own towing and impound ordinance is narrow but expensive. Where the Sheriff polices, a vehicle used in one of the offenses listed in Sec. 58-165 is towed to a…

Fences in the Village of Mount Prospect reach six feet in rear and interior side yards, behind the front line of the house. Eight feet applies to industrial and commercial screening…

In the Village of Mount Prospect it is unlawful to construct, erect or replace any fence without first obtaining a permit from the Community Development Department. The permit is…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, every fence must sit entirely on the owner's own lot: § 14.318.B.3 bars encroachment onto adjoining lots and public rights-of-way. A permit from the…

The Village of Mount Prospect bans barbed wire, injury-designed materials and electrically charged wire in any fence anywhere in the Village under § 14.318.C.2, with one industrial…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, landscape terraces and retaining walls are listed permitted obstructions in required yards, subject to approval by the Engineering Division and…

The Village of Mount Prospect caps a dwelling unit at three dogs, cats or a combination of the two once they are more than twelve weeks old. The count covers all real property attached…

The Village of Mount Prospect bans keeping chickens, geese, ducks, poultry, pigeons, bees, swine, horses and cattle anywhere within its corporate limits. The only carve-out is a…

The Village of Mount Prospect names no dog breed in its animal chapter. Instead the animal control official, who is the chief of police or a designated agent, can declare any animal…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, Land Use Table 2 of § 14.604 lists Animal hospital and veterinary clinics as a conditional use (C) in the B-3, B-4, B-5 and B-5C districts. The B-1…

Section 20.202 of the Mount Prospect Village Code makes it unlawful for any person to permit an animal to stray or to run at large upon or in any public place in the Village of Mount…

Section 20.205 of the Mount Prospect Village Code requires every owner of a cat four (4) months or more of age to have it inoculated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian. A cat…

Section 20.207 of the Mount Prospect Village Code bans possessing dangerous reptiles, big cats, wolves and other wild canines, bears, bison, rodents over one pound, any animal over two…

Cook County pet shops cannot sell commercially bred dogs, cats or rabbits: stock must come from shelters, rescues, or small USDA-licensed breeders.

Cook County requires new construction and major renovation of County-owned buildings to incorporate bird-safe building materials and design features, per Code § 2-6(f). The County also…

In unincorporated Cook County, up to four registered bee colonies are allowed on lots under half an acre, with setback and enclosure rules.

Cook County orders any dog administratively found dangerous to be spayed or neutered and microchipped within ten days, at the owner's expense, under Chapter 10's animal control…

Cook County runs an annual microchipping clinic for residents' companion animals at the county animal control facility, with the fee capped by Section 32-1; dogs found vicious or…

Illinois Wildlife Code prohibits feeding deer and similar wildlife in many counties to prevent chronic wasting disease spread, with statewide enforcement authority.

In the Village of Mount Prospect, every motor vehicle on a village street must carry an adequate muffler or exhaust system in constant operation. Cutouts and bypasses are banned…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, industrial activity in the I-1 limited industrial district cannot send noise across a residential or business zoning district boundary line above the…

The Village of Mount Prospect requires a permit to operate any loudspeaker or amplifier heard over a public street or public place. Section 23.704 bars a licensee from using the device…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, operating percussion tools, power tools, power lawn tools or power construction equipment is unlawful between 7:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. in the R-X, R-1…

Section 20.204 J of the Mount Prospect Village Code makes it unlawful to harbor or keep any animal that disturbs the peace by loud noises at any time of the day or night in the Village…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, the Night Construction section, Village Code § 21.226, covers all locations between seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and treats…

Cook County caps the noise output of new powered lawn and garden equipment, including leaf blowers, sold or leased in the county at 65 decibels measured 50 feet away, under Code Sec…

Aircraft noise in Illinois is governed exclusively by federal aviation law, leaving cities and the state without authority to regulate flight operations or in-flight sound.

The Village of Mount Prospect requires a fence and gate at least four feet but not greater than five feet high to completely surround a swimming pool, under § 14.318.B.6. The fence…

Cook County requires permits for above-ground pools exceeding 24 inches deep or 250 square feet. All electrical work must have GFCI protection per Cook County Electrical Code Article…

Section 23.110(B) of the Mount Prospect Village Code makes it unlawful to build or light a bonfire so close to a building or structure as to endanger it, on any public street…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a fire pit or fire ring with a spark flame arrestor cannot be operated within 15 feet of a structure. A pit without that arrestor needs 25 feet, and a…

Section 24.109 of the Mount Prospect Village Code prohibits aboveground tanks containing liquefied petroleum gas in quantities in excess of 100 pounds. The only exception is a…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, section 24.204 requires hardwired single station smoke detectors with battery backup in Use Group R sleeping areas, on each level including basements…

The Village of Mount Prospect bans selling at retail, using or exploding fireworks, a term that includes firecrackers, skyrockets, Roman candles and sparklers. The only opening is a…

Cook County's zoning ordinance splits short-term rentals into two tracks based on whether the host is present. A 'Supervised' rental, host on site during the stay, only needs a…

In unincorporated Cook County, hosted short-term rentals are allowed as an accessory residential use, but non-supervised rentals, where the host isn't present, require a special use…

Cook County taxes short-term and vacation rentals of houses, condos and apartments at 1% of the rental charge under the Hotel Accommodations Tax Ordinance, and requires every owner or…

Cook County's zoning ordinance sets no primary-residence requirement for short-term rentals in unincorporated areas: a host-absent Non-Supervised rental is legal with a special use…

Unincorporated Cook County does not have a dedicated short-term rental licensing or insurance ordinance. Short-term rentals in unincorporated areas fall under the Residential Rental…

In unincorporated Cook County, a Non-Supervised short-term rental, one where the host isn't present, may host private events only under strict zoning conditions. Zoning Ordinance §…

Cook County charges a 1% tax on short-term rentals of houses, condos and apartments countywide, collected by the host or booking platform and remitted to the County.

Cook County's zoning ordinance does not require a short-term rental host to add parking spaces beyond what already serves the dwelling, true for both Supervised and Non-Supervised…

In unincorporated Cook County, the zoning ordinance caps short-term rental guests at two per bedroom, limits Supervised rentals to 25 percent of one floor's area, and caps…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois, no liquor licensee can allow entertainment that is audible at any point beyond the boundaries of the licensed premises. Village Code §…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a commercial vehicle cannot be driven to an address to load or unload, cannot be loaded or unloaded, and cannot run its engine or refrigeration unit…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois, no person, organization or other entity can run a street fair, festival or similar special event without a special event permit issued under…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois, a neighborhood block party that closes a village street is not a special event, so it does not need the special event permit that Chapter…

The Village of Mount Prospect allows outdoor dining with an established restaurant in the B-3, B-4 and B-5 districts. Dining on public property needs a permit from the department of…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, no one can start or take part in a parade of twenty or more people in a street, park or other public place without a permit from the Chief of Police…

Under section 9.405D of the Mount Prospect Village Code, any user of village water who knows of a leak on the premises must take prompt action to stop or repair it. An unrepaired leak…

Cook County requires a Building Commissioner permit before installing reclaimed (recycled) water, gray water, or on-site treated nonpotable water systems for buildings in…

The Village of Mount Prospect imposes a hotel/motel use tax on the gross rental receipts from renting rooms in a hotel or motel in the village. The licensed operator collects it, the…

In the Village of Mount Prospect it is unlawful to maintain any obstruction or encroachment on a street, alley, sidewalk or other public property unless the code authorizes it…

Section 9.306 of the Mount Prospect Village Code bans damaging pavements and depositing harmful material, waste or glass on streets and public sidewalks. Merchandise can rest on a…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, Village Code § 21.204(D) requires every building permit applicant to agree to build missing public sidewalks along the front, and the side of corner…

The Village of Mount Prospect lists Ailanthus altissima, tree of heaven, on its Prohibited Tree List in the landscaping article of the zoning chapter. Landscape plans reviewed by the…

Required landscape plans in unincorporated Cook County may not use invasive species like buckthorn, purple loosestrife, and garlic mustard.

In the Village of Mount Prospect, no tree of any kind can be planted on a public street or parkway without a permit from the director of public works. The permit is free, the…

On County-controlled roads outside Chicago, the Highway Department can force utility crews to use higher poles, side-arm extensions or covered wire to protect specimen trees or trees…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois, a noisy gathering is reached through the disorderly conduct ordinance, Village Code § 23.101. It bars unreasonably loud, disturbing and…

In the Village of Mount Prospect it is disorderly conduct under Section 23.101(B)(16) to possess an alcoholic beverage in a public street or other public place unless the container is…

Section 23.103(C) of the Mount Prospect Village Code makes it unlawful to use cannabis in any form in any public place, such as streets or parks, in any motor vehicle, on school…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a pedestrian who crosses a street anywhere other than a marked crosswalk, or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, must yield the right of way to…

The Village of Mount Prospect bans operating a motorized skateboard on any public or private street, public sidewalk, public parking lot, public bike path, public park or other public…

Mount Prospect bans loitering in a public place for two stated purposes: recruiting for a street gang or for gang-related or other criminal activities (Section 23.608), and illegally…

Section 19.603 of the Mount Prospect Village Code prohibits smoking on or in any train station, platform or bus shelter owned or used by a public transportation agency, and in any…

Cook County Code § 58-43 fines anyone $100 for urinating or defecating on the public way, or on any outdoor public or private property, with no textual limit to unincorporated…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, every multi-family building that uses centralized solid waste service must provide a garbage dumpster and recycling container area built to standards…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, no receptacle or discarded item may go on the parkway or alley before 4:30 P.M. on the day before the designated collection day. Approved receptacles…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, every residential dwelling unit must use the exclusive residential franchisee named in the current solid waste contract, and every unit is billed for…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, solid waste receptacles may be stored only in a side or rear yard, never forward of the principal building, except at the curb for collection. A cart…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, curbside recycling goes in a Village owned and furnished blue wheeled cart of 35, 65 or 95 gallons. Residential owners must keep approved receptacles…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, yard materials go only in 32 gallon compost bags, 32 gallon garbage cans with a yard material decal, or a scavenger owned 95 gallon cart, each capped…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, it is unlawful for anyone to collect, obtain, possess or pick up a recyclable item placed for collection in front of a residence as part of the…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, discarded household appliances, furniture, brush bundles and construction debris need no container. Under Village Code § 19.202.A.9.e they must be…

Section 23.402 of the Mount Prospect Village Code bars anyone in the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois from casting, throwing, sweeping, sifting or depositing dirt, yard material…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, every commercial, industrial and multi-family development must include storm water holding facilities, whatever its size. Detention basins must store…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, every development, public or private, must include a soil erosion and sedimentation control plan. No plat or development plan is approved unless it…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, buildings in a 100-year floodplain must be protected below the flood protection elevation, which section 22.102 defines as the base flood elevation…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, no one can start development in a special flood hazard area without a development permit from the director of community development. Fill in the flood…

In unincorporated Cook County, docks, piers, wharves and boat rentals sited within a mapped floodway are not permitted uses: they require a special use permit under the county's Flood…

Cook County's environmental code doesn't set its own idling limit: it adopts and defers to Illinois' state idling law, which supersedes any conflicting county requirement, across the…

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Coastal Management Program regulates Lake Michigan shoreline development, applying uniform permit requirements along the entire Illinois…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a garage sale sign on a single-family lot is an exempt commercial temporary sign under Village Code § 7.202. It needs no sign permit, but it cannot…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, seasonal lighting displays installed for less than seventy five days over any continuous twelve month period are exempt from the outdoor lighting…

The Village of Mount Prospect treats political signs as noncommercial temporary signs under Village Code § 7.202. On a single-family lot the total area of all such signs cannot exceed…

The Village of Mount Prospect exempts window signs from sign permits under Village Code § 7.202, provided the total area of permanent and temporary window signs occupies no more than…

The sign chapter of the Village of Mount Prospect has no billboard category. Digital displays are regulated as electronic message center signs, allowed only when incorporated into a…

The Village of Mount Prospect requires full cutoff fixtures with a total cutoff angle of not more than ninety degrees, flat lenses, and fully shielded wall lights on most outdoor…

In unincorporated Cook County's industrial-zoned areas, billboard and off-premises advertising signs cannot use strobe lights; indirect illumination must come from a steady, shielded…

Cook County's Lighting Ordinance targets motion-activated security fixtures directly: sensor-activated lights on County property "should not be triggered by activity off the subject…

The Village of Mount Prospect encourages green building design through Section 14.317 but does not impose a green building mandate there. The section names green roofs, reflective…

The Village of Mount Prospect defines a daycare center as a nonfamily home caring for more than three children and a daycare home as a family home caring for up to twelve, under §…

The Village of Mount Prospect limits house size through floor area ratio, not a mansionization label: FAR shall not exceed 0.35 in R-X and 0.5 in R-1, R-A, R-2 and R-3. Residential…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, Village Code § 24.202 requires automatic sprinkler systems in all newly constructed buildings, whatever the occupancy classification, construction or…

Section 23.111(A) of the Mount Prospect Village Code requires any scaffold or ladder positioned so it overhangs or can fall into a public street, alley or other public place to be…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois, nobody can make any change in plumbing before the proper permits are obtained from the department of community development. Construction…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, apartment building entrance doors must lock automatically with a deadlocking latch when closed unless a 24 hour doorman is on duty. Every window and…

Section 24.207 of the Mount Prospect Village Code requires at least one carbon monoxide alarm in operating condition within 15 feet of every room used for sleeping in every dwelling…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, Village Code § 21.211 makes it unlawful to construct, install or alter any elevator without a permit from the Department of Community Development, and…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, Village Code § 21.215 makes it unlawful to keep building after a permit issues unless the contractor applies in writing to the Department of Community…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, Village Code § 21.107 adopts the 2020 National Electrical Code with local amendments, including a ban on aluminum wire inside the structure…

Cook County Department of Public Health can inspect rental units, order lead hazard mitigation within 30 or 90 days, and require lease disclosure: applying countywide outside Chicago…

Decks in unincorporated Cook County generally require building permits. Decks not more than 30 inches above grade may be exempt. Elevated decks, attached decks, and covered patios all…

Solar energy conversion systems are permitted in every zoning district in the Village of Mount Prospect if they meet the minimum standards in Section 14.317. Roof panels must sit flush…

Illinois voids any association bylaw, board action, deed restriction or covenant that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting a solar energy system, under 765 ILCS 165/15 and 765…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a cyclist on a roadway rides as near to the right side as practicable and single file, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for exclusive…

The Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois sorts e-bikes into Class 1, 2 and 3 and limits where each may ride. Class 1 and 2 e-bikes are allowed on roadways, bike lanes and shared-use…

Cook County runs its own automated red light camera program on county-maintained highways under Code §§ 82-206–82-209, fining registered owners $100 per violation, with municipalities…

Cook County bans operating a motor-driven scooter on any public street, sidewalk, parking lot, bike path, or park in unincorporated areas and in municipalities that haven't adopted…

Illinois runs two different regimes and the answer depends entirely on which vehicle you own. A golf cart is a non-highway vehicle under 625 ILCS 5/11-1426.1, and driving one on any…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, temporary vendors are licensed as short term merchants under Article V of Chapter 11. A license ends no later than 120 days after issuance, and no…

The Village of Mount Prospect requires a village license before anyone dispenses food or drink from a food service vehicle. Vehicles need a mechanical refrigeration unit unless they…

Cook County has no mapped vending zones. Instead, § 82-78 bars mobile food dispensers and peddlers from doing business on the public way in a way that obstructs traffic flow, with…

No one can carry on the business of massage in the Village of Mount Prospect without a massage establishment business license for each office or place of business, plus a state license…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, selling or delivering tobacco, e-cigarettes or vapes requires a Village license. Tobacco shops, tobacco lounges, vape shops and vape lounges need a…

The Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois does not license pawnbrokers because it bans the business outright. Village Code § 23.117 makes it unlawful for any person to operate a pawnshop…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, section 18.1326 lets the village or its contractors tow vehicles parked in violation of sections 18.1303, 18.1315, 18.1320, 18.1321, 18.1322 or…

Section 19.503 of the Mount Prospect Village Code makes it unlawful for anyone who is not a qualified, licensed medical professional to apply a tattoo to another person or to operate…

In unincorporated Cook County, adult entertainment cabarets, adult stores, adult booths, and adult theaters are zoned only into I-2, I-3, and I-4 Industrial Districts.

Cook County requires secondhand dealers buying used cell phones to check a stolen cell phone database first, log each device's make, model and serial number, and bars them from taking…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, soliciting or commercial canvassing is unlawful on any premises where the owner or occupant has posted a “Solicitation Prohibited” or “No Solicitors…

The Village of Mount Prospect licenses every food service establishment and records inspections on a report form with item numbers 1 through 45. A violation of a four or five point…

The Village of Mount Prospect treats garbage or debris that piles up for more than seven (7) days, or that attracts flies, vermin or rats, as a nuisance under Section 23.1403 V of the…

In unincorporated Cook County, tossing used needles, syringes, or lancets loose is a declared public nuisance. CCDPH requires sharps go into a hard plastic or metal container with a…

County landlords must eliminate bed bug infestations using a licensed pest control professional and keep three years of treatment records.

In the R-1 district of the Village of Mount Prospect, § 14.905 sets a residential front yard of 30 feet, an exterior side yard of 10 feet and a rear yard of 25 feet. The interior side…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a residential building in the R-1 single-family district cannot exceed thirty five feet (35'). Nonresidential principal or accessory buildings on an…

In the R-1 district, § 14.905 C caps total impervious surfaces at 45 percent of a lot for residential uses and 75 percent for nonresidential uses in the Village of Mount Prospect. The…

The Village of Mount Prospect allows a cannabis dispensing organization only as a conditional use (C) in the B-3 and I-1 districts under Land Use Table 2 of § 14.604. Section 14.1704…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a cannabis dispensing organization must stay 100 feet from the property line of a pre-existing school, house of worship or hospital, and 1,500 feet…

Illinois law permits home cannabis cultivation only by registered medical patients, capped at five plants per household, and preempts local bans or expansions of recreational home grow.

Section 23.101 of the Mount Prospect Village Code reaches sitting, standing and obstruction in three ways. It bars loitering, sitting or standing around the entrance of a church…

Section 23.113 of the Mount Prospect Village Code makes it unlawful for any mendicant or vagrant to frequent any depot, store, theater, street, alley, sidewalk, park or other public…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, Illinois, section 21.603 adopts the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code with local amendments that apply to every building and to real estate…

The Village of Mount Prospect makes it unlawful to operate, maintain or offer to rent any rental unit or rental structure, vacant or not, without a residential operator's license…

Illinois requires a 5-day written notice for nonpayment of rent (735 ILCS 5/9-209), a 10-day notice to quit for lease violations (735 ILCS 5/9-210), and a 30-day termination notice for…

Under 735 ILCS 5/9-207, ending a month-to-month or other tenancy under one year requires 30 days' written notice; a week-to-week tenancy requires 7 days. The statute lets the landlord…

Illinois has no statewide rent control and no cap on rent increases. The Rent Control Preemption Act, 50 ILCS 825, bars every unit of local government, including home rule cities, from…

Illinois has no statewide statute setting a maximum rent increase or a dedicated advance-notice period for raising rent, and the Rent Control Preemption Act (50 ILCS 825) bars local…

Illinois sets no statewide cap on residential security deposits. Under the Security Deposit Return Act, 765 ILCS 710, a landlord of a building with 5 or more units who keeps any of a…

Adverse possession in Illinois generally requires 20 years of possession (735 ILCS 5/13-101). The period drops to 7 years when the occupant holds under claim and color of title 'made…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a garage sale runs for three (3) consecutive days between 9:00 A.M. and sunset each day. No more than three (3) sales can be held at the same premises…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, each multi-family rental structure and each unit in it is subject to inspection. Annual licensing inspections cover the exterior, common areas…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, rental structures other than multi-family rental structures are inspected in response to complaints about noncompliance with applicable regulations…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, a person under seventeen years of age cannot be in any public place, including parks and sidewalks, from 11:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. Sunday through…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, permitting weeds, or letting soil, litter, debris, plant trimmings or trash accumulate, on vacant lots or other property is a declared nuisance under…

In the Village of Mount Prospect, Village Code § 21.220 declares buildings allowed to deteriorate to a dangerous condition, and incomplete buildings or excavations idle for more than…

The Illinois Snow and Ice Removal Act shields residential property owners from liability for natural accumulations cleared in good faith, applying uniformly statewide.

Cook County bars flying any drone or UAS on land, buildings, or facilities the County owns or leases, including County parks, unless the managing agency expressly authorizes it, backed…

Drone flight in controlled airspace surrounding Chicago O'Hare (KORD) and Midway (KMDW) requires FAA Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) clearance through…

Cook County bars flying any unmanned aerial system on land, buildings or facilities the County owns or leases unless the agency that runs the site authorizes it first. Violators face a…

Cook County has no separate agricultural zoning district, but its R-1 Single-Family Residence District, the county's largest-lot residential category, is expressly designed, per Zoning…

The Farm Nuisance Suit Act shields established Illinois farms from nuisance lawsuits when the operation predates surrounding non-agricultural land uses by at least one year.

Cook County's Sheriff must decline ICE detainer requests countywide unless the federal government agrees in writing to reimburse all compliance costs.

Cook County's open burning ban exempts backyard smokers, grills, and campfires used for legitimate recreational or cooking purposes, so you don't need a permit: as long as the smoke…

Cook County's Class L tax incentive rewards owners of landmark or contributing buildings with a reduced property assessment after substantial rehabilitation, once the property's…

Cook County taxes business real estate under its own classification system: commercial (Class 5a) and industrial (Class 5b) property is assessed at 25% of market value, more than…

Cook County taxes parking a motor vehicle in any lot or garage countywide, including inside municipalities like Chicago, at 6% for daily parking and 9% for weekly or monthly parking.

Residents in unincorporated Cook County can report building, zoning, and property violations to the Cook County Department of Building and Zoning. Reports can be filed online through…

Cook County Building and Zoning investigates complaints on a priority basis. Emergency hazards (unsafe structures, exposed wiring) receive expedited response. Routine violations are…

The most common code violations in unincorporated Cook County include construction without permits, illegal occupancy, zoning violations (commercial use in residential areas), unsafe…

The Paid Leave for All Workers Act guarantees up to 40 hours of paid leave annually for nearly every Illinois employee, with limited carve-outs for jurisdictions with existing…

Illinois issues shall-issue concealed carry licenses through the Illinois State Police under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, with statewide preemption of local handgun carry rules.

Illinois preempts most local firearm regulation under the FOID Card Act and Wildlife Code, leaving home rule cities limited authority over assault weapons and certain narrow areas.

Illinois bans open carry of firearms in public under the Criminal Code, allowing concealed carry only by Firearm Concealed Carry Act licensees with limited exceptions.

Illinois law sets uniform rules for transporting firearms in vehicles under the FOID Card Act and Firearm Concealed Carry Act, preempting local handgun transport ordinances.

Illinois doesn't let cities zone in casinos on their own: the Illinois Gambling Act (230 ILCS 10/7) hands out a fixed number of state owners licenses, each tied by statute to one named…

Illinois nonprofits need a Department of Revenue license before running charitable games, capped at 4 days a year, with single bets at house-banked games limited to $20 and cash…

Illinois law makes it a crime to play any game of chance or skill for money unless the activity fits one of fifteen narrow exemptions listed in 720 ILCS 5/28-1(b): the state lottery…

Illinois legalized sports betting under the Sports Wagering Act, but only through an operator holding a Board-issued master sports wagering license. The Illinois Gaming Board licenses…

The Common Interest Community Association Act (765 ILCS 160) governs Illinois HOA budgets and assessments but, unlike the Condominium Property Act, it creates no statutory assessment…

Illinois gives association members open meetings and a records right, but the deadlines and the cost rules differ depending on which Act governs your association. A condominium owner…

Illinois HOAs enforce their declaration, bylaws, and rules under the Common Interest Community Association Act. Rule violations are pursued through the 765 ILCS 160/1-30(g) fine power…

Illinois protects native plantings, not xeriscape and not artificial turf. The Homeowners' Native Landscaping Act, 765 ILCS 167, effective July 19, 2024, bars an association from…

Since January 1, 2024 the Illinois Electric Vehicle Charging Act has voided any covenant, deed restriction or governing-document provision that prohibits or unreasonably restricts…

An Illinois association board may not prohibit a unit owner from displaying the American flag or a military flag on the owner's limited common elements or on the immediately adjacent…

Illinois puts no dollar limit on association fines. Both statutes say only that the board may levy reasonable fines, and neither sets a maximum, a daily cap or a cure period. What…

Unpaid assessments on an Illinois condominium unit become a statutory lien under 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1), and once the board of managers records notice of that lien it may foreclose it in…

Illinois runs the opposite way from states that protect owners who rent. There is no statutory cap on how much leasing an Illinois association may prohibit, no minimum lease term, no…

Illinois holds roadside safety checks, but the General Assembly never wrote a statute authorising or regulating them. The Illinois Vehicle Code mentions checkpoints exactly once, in a…

Illinois writes the right to film police directly into its eavesdropping statute. 720 ILCS 5/14-2(e) says nothing in the eavesdropping article prohibits any individual who is not a law…

Illinois gives officers a demand power without giving them a penalty to back it. Under 725 ILCS 5/107-14(a) a peace officer who has identified himself as such may stop a person in a…

Illinois has no statute that requires an officer to warn you that you may refuse a vehicle search, but it does require the officer to write the request down. 625 ILCS 5/11-212 makes…

Illinois prohibits sale of any tobacco, alternative nicotine, and electronic cigarette product to persons under 21 under the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Act.

Illinois runs a closed list for vehicle lighting. Under 625 ILCS 5/12-212(c), all lighting on a vehicle other than what the Vehicle Code expressly authorises is prohibited, so the…

Illinois never lists permitted windshield zones for a dash cam the way Florida and Texas do. It applies a materiality test instead: 625 ILCS 5/12-503(c-5) prohibits driving with…

Lane splitting is not lawful in Illinois. The Vehicle Code never uses the phrase, but 625 ILCS 5/11-703(c) makes the maneuver itself unlawful: a two-wheeled vehicle passing on the left…

Illinois does not ask whether a plate cover obscures the plate. 625 ILCS 5/3-413(g) makes it unlawful to operate any motor vehicle equipped with a registration plate cover, full stop…

A radar detector is legal in an ordinary Illinois passenger car. The only detector ban in the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/12-714, reaches a driver who operates or is in actual…

Illinois gets lake-effect snow and still bans studded tires outright. Section 12-401 of the Illinois Vehicle Code forbids operating a vehicle on an improved highway if any road wheel…

Illinois bans tinted film on the front windshield except a nonreflective strip running no more than 6 inches down from the top, and bars any window treatment on the windows immediately…