Schaumburg, IL Short-Term Rentals: Occupancy Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum stay
- 20 consecutive hours
- Short-term rentals per location
- One per one-year license term
- Buffer between short-term rentals
- 750 feet
- Food/drink allowed
- Pre-packaged items only
- Corporate ownership
- Prohibited except trusts/estates
- License fee
- $300, § 41.01
Summary
Schaumburg caps short-term rentals to one licensed unit per location each year and bars total guests from exceeding "the maximum occupancy allowed for said location," per Village Code § 123.02(B)(7)(f)(3). The same subsection sets a 20-hour minimum stay and requires a 750-foot buffer between separately licensed short-term rentals.
No more than one (1) short-term rental shall be allowed during any specific time period at a specific location during the one-year period commencing on the date a license is issued, and at no time shall the total occupancy at the location exceed the maximum occupancy allowed for said location. Multiple short-term rentals at the same location during any specific time period are prohibited.
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
02(B)(7)(f) lists the criteria every licensed short-term rental in Schaumburg must meet. Clause 3 caps occupancy at "the maximum occupancy allowed for said location" and limits a licensed address to one short-term rental "during any specific time period," expressly prohibiting multiple simultaneous short-term rentals at the same address during the one-year license term. The surrounding clauses reinforce that cap: no stay may run shorter than twenty hours (clause 1), no food or beverage beyond pre-packaged items may be served to guests (clause 2), and no corporate entity, including LLCs, partnerships or franchises, may operate, manage or own a short-term rental unless the owner is a trust or estate whose beneficiary or trustee is a natural person (clause 5).
Clause 6 requires any short-term rental to sit at least seven hundred fifty feet from another short-term rental's property line, further limiting how many licensed units can cluster together. 02(B)(7)(a)-(e), that the rental will not have a cumulative negative effect with other short-term rentals nearby, will not adversely affect neighboring property values, and will not endanger public health, welfare or safety. 25.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the location's maximum occupancy, running more than one short-term rental at the same address, or violating the twenty-hour minimum stay is grounds for license suspension or revocation under §§ 123.02(E) and 110.25, and the village's general penalty of a $100 to $50,000 fine under § 10.99 applies to each day the violation continues.
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