McHenry County, IL Short-Term Rentals: Short-Term Rental Parking Rules (2026)

64-1: Required Off-Street Parking for every listed use. The table sets a Bed and Breakfast at two spaces plus one additional space per guestroom, so a five-guestroom operation needs seven spaces, while a Vacation Rental is set at a flat one space per dwelling unit regardless of bedroom count. 080(A) falls back to a default of one space per five hundred square feet of gross floor area. 2 spaces must provide seven. Subsection E ties employee-based requirements to the maximum number of people present on the premises at one time, counting owners and on-site managers as employees where a use's ratio is calculated per employee.

040 controls where on the lot the required spaces may be located relative to the principal structure. Because these are zoning standards tied to the underlying use, a property operating as a Vacation Rental or Bed and Breakfast without the required on-site spaces is out of compliance with its zoning approval independent of any separate short-term rental license the county requires.