Rules are set by each city. Crystal Lake requires a garage sale license from the Chief of Police, limits residents to three licenses per 12 months, caps each sale at four consecutive days, and bars sales before 8 a.m. or after 6 p.m. Unincorporated areas have no county permit.
McHenry County does not license garage sales on unincorporated land, so municipal rules govern. In Crystal Lake, Chapter 274 makes it unlawful to conduct a garage sale without first obtaining a garage sale license from the Chief of Police. No person or group may receive more than three garage sale licenses during any 12 consecutive months, no license issues for more than four consecutive calendar days, and no sale may begin before 8:00 a.m. or continue past 6:00 p.m. Other McHenry County cities set their own frequency and duration limits, so residents should check their own municipal code before advertising a sale.
Holding an unlicensed sale, exceeding three licenses a year, or running longer than four days violates Chapter 274 and carries municipal fines.
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Crystal Lake collects yard waste and food-scrap compost weekly at the curb from April 1 through November 30. Leaves and grass must go in biodegradable paper ...
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Crystal Lake and McHenry County have no ordinance specifically banning or approving residential artificial turf. Installations must still meet Unified Develo...
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Illinois' Homeowners' Native Landscaping Act bars community associations from banning native-species plantings that are kept free of weeds and don't encroach...
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Neither Crystal Lake nor McHenry County prohibits residential rain barrels or rainwater collection, and Illinois has no statewide ban. The McHenry County Sto...
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Crystal Lake uses a color-coded water-conservation system. During a declared 'Yellow' condition, odd-numbered addresses water on odd dates and even addresses...
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Crystal Lake Chapter 526 lists noxious weeds - burdock, ragweed, thistle, poison ivy, wild mustard and others - plus any unmanaged vegetation as nuisance gre...
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