The Smoke Free Illinois Act (410 ILCS 82) bans smoking in enclosed public places and within 15 feet of building entrances. Cook County DPH enforces in unincorporated areas and contracting suburbs. Many Cook municipalities added park, beach, and outdoor-dining smoking bans on top of the state floor.
Illinois adopted the Smoke Free Illinois Act in 2007, banning smoking in enclosed public places, workplaces, and within 15 feet of any entrance, exit, window, or air intake. Coverage now includes electronic cigarettes for indoor purposes under amendments to 410 ILCS 82. Cook County DPH Tobacco Program enforces in unincorporated areas and roughly 120 contracting suburbs; Chicago, Evanston, and other independent health departments enforce within their own boundaries. Many Cook suburbs added outdoor smoking bans for parks, beaches, train platforms, and outdoor dining, including Oak Park's beach ban and Evanston's lakefront rule. Tobacco-21 also applies countywide under both state and federal law.
Smoke Free Illinois Act violations carry fines from $100 to $250 for individuals and up to $2,500 for repeat business owners under 410 ILCS 82/35. Local park or beach smoking fines run $50 to $500 per offense.
Other ordinances people look up for this city. Green dot = verified primary-source excerpt.
Des Plaines, IL
Des Plaines City Code 6-2-7(E) applies its dBA limits to vehicles and equipment on the public right of way (excessive at 65 dBA daytime / 50 dBA quiet hours ...
Des Plaines, IL
Des Plaines City Code 6-2-7(D) makes it unlawful to make or continue any sound determined to be excessive. Outside quiet hours, 6-2-7(E)(5) sets the threshol...
Des Plaines, IL
Des Plaines City Code 6-2-7(F) makes it unlawful to operate any sound-production or amplification device whose sound crosses a property line and raises total...
Des Plaines, IL
Des Plaines City Code Section 7-3-8 prohibits parking on designated streets during declared snow removal operations so that plows can clear the roadway; viol...
Des Plaines, IL
Des Plaines requires fences and the full lot to be properly maintained, including portions of a lot where a fence is not on the property line, and limits fen...
Des Plaines, IL
Des Plaines prohibits barbed-wire and electrically charged fences in residential areas; they are allowed only in nonresidential districts where the Zoning Ad...
Side-by-side rule comparisons with other cities in Cook County.
See how Des Plaines's outdoor smoking restrictions rules stack up against other locations.
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.