Kane County, IL Short-Term Rentals: Night Caps (2026)

Section 7-63(H) of the Kane County Code caps how much a licensed short-term rental can actually be used for paying guests each year. The use of a short-term rental shall not exceed twelve rental contracts in a calendar year or one hundred eighty days of rentals in a calendar year, whichever is greater, meaning an owner who books mostly long weekends could hit the twelve-contract ceiling well before reaching 180 rental nights, while an owner who books fewer, longer stays is bound by the 180-day count instead.

The cap applies per licensed property, not per owner, so a person who holds licenses on multiple parcels tracks the limit separately for each address. Section 7-63(J) reinforces the cap by tying it back to zoning: in no event can a short-term rental be used beyond what the Kane County Zoning Ordinance permits for the underlying zoning district, so a property in a district with tighter use limits cannot rely on the twelve-contract or 180-day ceiling to exceed its zoning entitlement. The cap sits within the same Property Requirements section that governs detectors, parking, pets and septic compliance, so exceeding it is treated the same as failing any other Section 7-63 standard.