Kane County, IL Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Kane County Code § 15-2(A)(15) makes it a nuisance to park 'any vehicle, tractor, all-terrain vehicle (ATV), boat, camping trailer, motor home, snowmobile, motorcycle, minibike, trailer used for hauling' anywhere in the front yard, back yard, corner yard, side yard, or any other area between the public right of way and a residence or accessory building. The rule doesn't ban yard parking outright; it conditions it on the surface. Parking is allowed only in an area 'duly improved,' meaning covered in gravel, asphalt or concrete, and the ordinance further limits that improved area to noncommercial vehicles parked in a driveway.

Critically, the improved surface can't be a stand-alone pad: the code requires it to be 'contiguous to the main driveway accessed from the street,' so a homeowner can't gravel over a side-yard strip that doesn't connect to the driveway coming off the road. The rule sits alongside, but is legally distinct from, § 15-2(A)(16)'s separate ban on inoperable vehicles, meaning a properly parked, running vehicle on an unconnected gravel patch can still be cited even though it isn't broken down. Agricultural land is not subject to this surface requirement at all: § 15-3 exempts any parcel that is both zoned and primarily used for agriculture from the entire nuisance chapter, so farm equipment and vehicles parked on an unpaved farm lane aren't affected.

Enforcement follows the standard Chapter 15 sequence: a written notice under § 15-5 describing the violation and a compliance deadline, followed by an administrative adjudication complaint and fines of up to $500 per day under § 15-6 if the vehicle isn't moved.