Schaumburg, IL Public Conduct: Loitering Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Overnight loitering hours
- 10:00 p.m.-8:00 a.m.
- Commuter lot ban location
- 2001 S. Springinsguth Rd
- Street-corner offense trigger
- Officer's move-on order disobeyed
- Governing section
- Village Code § 132.08
- Penalty
- $100-$50,000 fine, § 10.99
- Related offense
- Congregating near doorways, § 132.09
Summary
Schaumburg bars lounging on a street corner or public place after a police officer orders a person to move on, and separately bans loitering in any public playground, building or place between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., under Village Code § 132.08. A standalone ban covers the commuter parking lot at 2001 South Springinsguth Road at any hour.
(A)It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct or encumber any street corner or other public place in the village by lounging in or about the same, after being directed to move on by any police officer.(B)It shall be unlawful for any person to use, occupy, play in or loiter or lounge about in any public playground, public building or public place except in connection with public business, between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. or other reasonable time which posted for the public to see and have notice of time limitations.(C)It shall be unlawful for any person to loiter or lounge about at any time at the commuter station located at 2001 South Springinsguth Road or to loiter at any time in the parking lot located at 2001 South Springinsguth Road.
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
08 sets three separate loitering offenses. Subsection (A) makes it unlawful to "obstruct or encumber any street corner or other public place in the village by lounging in or about the same, after being directed to move on by any police officer," so the offense only attaches once an officer has given that order and it is disobeyed. , or during other hours the village has posted for the public to see. Subsection (C) singles out the Metra commuter station property at 2001 South Springinsguth Road, making it unlawful to loiter or lounge there, or in its parking lot, at any time of day, without the move-on or overnight-hours conditions that apply elsewhere. 13's requirement that anyone in a public place obey a police officer's lawful commands and directions.
Violations & Fines
Loitering after a police move-on order, being in a public playground or building overnight without public business, or loitering at any hour at the Springinsguth Road commuter lot is a village ordinance violation subject to the general penalty in § 10.99: a fine of at least $100 and up to $50,000, with each day of a continuing violation treated as a separate offense.
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